metric linear unit vs meter

meter vs metric linear unit

metric linear unit and meter both are nouns.

metric linear unit is not a verb while meter is a verb.

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

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

metric linear unit: a linear unit of distance in metric terms
meter: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

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

metric linear unit (noun)	meter (noun)
a linear unit of distance in metric terms	any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
	rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
	(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
	the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

metric linear unit (verb)	meter (verb)
	measure with a meter
	stamp with a meter indicating the postage

Difference between metric linear unit and meter

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