different between epaulet vs bullion

English

Etymology

From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +? -ette (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l?t/, /??p??l?t/

Noun

epaulet (plural epaulets)

1. Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French épaulette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.po??l?t/
• Hyphenation: epau?let
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

epaulet f (plural epauletten or epaulets, diminutive epauletje n)

1. epaulette

   Synonyms: schouderbedekking, schouderbelegsel

English

Etymology

From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of 'melting'. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l.j?n/

Noun

bullion (countable and uncountable, plural bullions)

1. A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
2. (obsolete) Base or uncurrent coin.
   • 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes

     And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, / And damn for bullion, go for current now.

3. (obsolete) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
   • 1523, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell

     The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound.

4. (obsolete) A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

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