Difference between Acre and Acre

What is the difference between Acre and Acre?

Acre as a noun is a field. while Acre as a noun is old name of a city in modern israel famed from the crusades: see acco.

Acre

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A field. A unit of surface area (symbol a. or ac.), originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; later defined as an area 1 chain (22 yd) by 1 furlong (220 yd), or 4,840 square yards. Equivalent to about 4,046.86 square metres. A large amount (of area).

Acre

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: Old name of a city in modern Israel famed from the Crusades: see Acco.A state in north-western Brazil, bordering Peru and Bolivia.

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