Difference between Mitre and Miter

What is the difference between Mitre and Miter?

Mitre as a verb is (commonwealth) while Miter as a verb is to finish a material at an angle, frequently 45 degrees, such that it will fit up tightly against another piece of material, as with a picture frame.

Mitre

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. Alternative spelling of miter.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (commonwealth)

Miter

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To finish a material at an angle, frequently 45 degrees, such that it will fit up tightly against another piece of material, as with a picture frame.

We hope you now know whether to use Mitre or Miter in your sentence.

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