until vs till

until

Definitions

  1. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time.

Examples

Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.

I didn't open my mouth until he talked himself out.

Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.

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till

Definitions

noun

  1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
  2. a treasury for government funds
  3. a strongbox for holding cash

verb

  1. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

Examples

Sceptics stung by that debacle may still be wary.

He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.

However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.

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