Difference between Mile and Meter

What is the difference between Mile and Meter?

Mile as a noun is a unit of measure (length or distance) equal to 5,280 feet (8 furlongs) in the u.s.customary/imperial system of measurements. one mile is equal to 1.609344 km. while Meter as a noun is (always meter) a device that measures things.

Mile

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A unit of measure (length or distance) equal to 5,280 feet (8 furlongs) in the U.S.Customary/Imperial system of measurements. One mile is equal to 1.609344 km. A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m). A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race. A great distance. One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

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.

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