billion vs. trillion

noun

plural

billions 
,

plural

billion .
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.

  2. a very large number.

    I've told you so billions of times.

adjective

  1. equal in number to a billion.

noun

plural

trillions 
,

plural

trillion .
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.

adjective

  1. amounting to one trillion in number.