The difference between Acre and Perch

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 perch means any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus perca.

Perch is also verb with the meaning: to rest on (or as if on) a perch.

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  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. Perch as a noun:

    Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

  2. Perch as a noun (South Africa):

    Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: , , , , , , Tautogolabrus adspersus

  3. Perch as a noun:

    Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

  1. Perch as a noun:

    a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird

  2. Perch as a noun:

    a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

  3. Perch as a noun (figurative):

    a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated

  4. Perch as a noun (figurative):

    a position that is overly elevated or

  5. Perch as a noun (dated):

    a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure

  6. Perch as a noun:

    a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet

  7. Perch as a noun (textiles):

    a frame used to examine cloth

  8. Perch as a noun:

    a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)

  1. Perch as a verb (intransitive):

    To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.

  2. Perch as a verb (intransitive):

    To stay in an elevated position.

  3. Perch as a verb (transitive):

    To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

  4. Perch as a verb (transitive, intransitive, textiles):

    To inspect cloth using a perch.

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