Ace vs. Acre — What's the Difference?

An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades.

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, 1⁄640 of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m2, or about 40% of a hectare.

A single spot or pip on a playing card, die, or domino.

A unit of area in the US Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.

A playing card, die, or domino having one spot or pip.

Acres Property in the form of land; estate.

A serve that one's opponent fails to hit.

(Archaic) A field or plot of arable land.

A point scored by such a serve.

Often acres A wide expanse, as of land or other matter

The act of hitting a golf ball in the hole with one's first shot.

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

A military aircraft pilot who has destroyed five or more enemy aircraft.

An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.

An expert in a given field.

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Top-notch; first-rate.

A wide expanse.

To serve an ace against in racket games.

A large quantity.

To hit an ace on (a hole) in golf.

(obsolete) A field.

(Slang) To get the better of (someone)

(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).

To receive a grade of A on

(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

To perform with distinction on

Any field of arable or pasture land.

A single point or spot on a playing card or die usually representing the number one.

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

A card or die face so marked.

A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.

A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

A dollar bill.

A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.

(sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.

The best pitcher on the team.

A run.

A hole in one.

An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.

A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.

(US) A perfect score on a school exam.

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

A quark.

(slang) A person who is asexual.

To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.

To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.

(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).

Excellent.

(slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.

Of the highest quality

To get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam.

The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

A major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an are extending from Norway to Turkey

A serve that the receiver is unable to reach

Succeed at easily;

Score an ace against;

Play (a hole) in one stroke

Serve an ace against (someone)

Of the highest quality;