Difference between Metre and Meter

What is the difference between Metre and Meter?

Metre as a noun is the basic unit of length in the international system of units (si: système international d'unités). it is equal to (approximately 39.37) imperial inches. while Meter as a noun is (always meter) a device that measures things.

Metre

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to (approximately 39.37) imperial inches. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To measure with a metering device. To put into metrical form.

Meter

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To measure with a metering device.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (always meter) A device that measures things.A parking meter.(elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.The rhythm pattern in a poem.

Example sentence: I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.

We hope you now know whether to use Metre or Meter in your sentence.

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