foot vs meter

foot and meter both are nouns.

foot and meter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foot	Yes	No	Yes	No
meter	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, meter is a hypernym of foot; that is, meter is a word with a broader meaning than foot:

foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
meter: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Other hypernyms of foot include beat, cadence, measure, metre.

foot (noun)	meter (noun)
travel by walking	any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates	rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings	(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
lowest support of a structure	the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
a support resembling a pedal extremity
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
the lower part of anything
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

foot (verb)	meter (verb)
add a column of numbers	measure with a meter
walk	stamp with a meter indicating the postage
pay for something

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