Macro vs. Meta — What's the Difference?

A single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions to perform a particular task.

Meta (from the Greek μετα-, meta-, meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning more comprehensive or transcending.

A macro lens.

Making or showing awareness of reference to oneself or to the activity that is taking place, especially in an ironic or comic way.

Large-scale; overall

(informal) Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.

Relating to macrophotography

(video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.

Of great size; large.

Boundary marker.

Large in scope or extent; large-scale

(historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.

A single, user-defined command that is part of an application and executes a series of commands.

(video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game in a given period of time.

A shorthand representation for a number of lines of code.

An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.

Very large in scope or scale.

(informal) Metoidioplasty.

Clipping of macrobiotic

Clipping of macronutrient

Clipping of macroeconomics

(programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

A single computer instruction which symbolizes, and is converted at the time of program execution or by a compiler into, a series of instructions in the same computer language.

A keystroke (or combination of keystrokes) which symbolizes and is replaced by a series of keystrokes; - a convenient feature of some advanced programs, such as word processors or database programs, which allows a user to rapidly execute any series of operations which may be performed multiple times. Such macros may typically be defined by the program user, without rewriting or recompiling the program.

Very large in scale or scope or capability; as, macroeconomics.

A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language

Very large in scale or scope or capability;