metric linear unit vs A

A vs metric linear unit

metric linear unit and A both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metric linear unit	Yes	No	No	No
A	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, A is a hyponym of metric linear unit; that is, A is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than metric linear unit:

metric linear unit: a linear unit of distance in metric terms
A: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

Other hyponyms of metric linear unit include femtometer, femtometre, fermi, micromicron, picometer, picometre, angstrom, angstrom unit, micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm, micrometer, micrometre, micron, millimeter, millimetre, mm, centimeter, centimetre, cm, decimeter, decimetre, dm, m, meter, metre, dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, hectometer, hectometre, hm, kilometer, kilometre, klick, km, mym, myriameter, myriametre.

metric linear unit (noun)	A (noun)
a linear unit of distance in metric terms	the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
	the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
	the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
	a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
	any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
	one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as deoxyadenylate, or dAMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
	(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

Difference between metric linear unit and A

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