Inch vs. Metre — What's the Difference?

The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to 1/36 yard or 1/12 of a foot.

The metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure", and cognate with Sanskrit mita, meaning "measured") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.

A unit of length in the US Customary and British Imperial systems, equal to 1/12 of a foot (2.54 centimeters). See Table at measurement.

Variant of meter1.

A fall, as of rain or snow, sufficient to cover a surface to the depth of one inch.

Variant of meter2.

A unit of atmospheric pressure that is equal to the pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at the earth's surface at a temperature of 0°C.

The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.

A very small degree or amount

The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

A small island.

Alternative spelling of meter

To move or cause to move slowly or by small degrees

To put into metrical form.

An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.

See Meter.

(figuratively) Any very short distance.

The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

(meteorology) A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.

Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.

A small island#Noun; an islet#Noun.

A meadow#Noun, pasture#Noun, field#Noun, or haugh#Noun.

To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).

To drive by inches, or small degrees.

To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

To humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner

Cocky and cheeky

An island; - often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime (´), composed of twelve seconds (´´), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.

A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment; also used metaphorically of minor concessins in bargaining; as, he won't give an inch; give him an inch and he'll take a mile.

To drive by inches, or small degrees.

To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly; as, to inch forward.

Measuring an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; - used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

A unit of measurement for advertising space

Advance slowly, as if by inches;