butte vs hill

butte and hill both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
butte	Yes	No	No	No
hill	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hill is a hypernym of butte; that is, hill is a word with a broader meaning than butte:

butte: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
hill: a local and well-defined elevation of the land

butte (noun)	hill (noun)
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides	(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
	structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
	a local and well-defined elevation of the land

butte (verb)	hill (verb)
	form into a hill