The difference between Acre and Collop

When used as nouns, acre means an english unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters, whereas collop means a slice of meat.


check bellow for the other definitions of Acre and Collop

  1. Acre as a noun:

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

  2. Acre as a noun:

    Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

  3. Acre as a noun (informal, usually plural):

    A wide expanse.

    Examples:

    "I like my new house - there’s acres of space!"

  4. Acre as a noun (informal, usually plural):

    A large quantity.

  5. Acre as a noun (obsolete):

    A field.

  6. Acre as a noun (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).

  7. Acre as a noun (obsolete):

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

  1. Collop as a noun (Northern English dialect):

    A slice of meat.

  2. Collop as a noun (obsolete):

    A slice of bacon, a rasher.

  3. Collop as a noun:

    A roll or fold of flesh on the body.

  4. Collop as a noun:

    A small piece, portion, or slice of something.