Difference between Peck and Bushel

What is the difference between Peck and Bushel?

Peck as a noun is one quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. while Bushel as a noun is a dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons (36.4 l), or thirty-two quarts.

Peck

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. A short kiss.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument. To do something in small, intermittent pieces. To type by searching for each key individually. To type in general.

Bushel

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons (36.4 L), or thirty-two quarts.A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.A large indefinite quantity.The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box.

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