The difference between Macro and Micro
When used as nouns, macro means a comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program, whereas micro means micromanagement.
When used as adjectives, macro means very large in scope or scale, whereas micro means small, relatively small.
Micro is also verb with the meaning: to micromanage.
check bellow for the other definitions of Macro and Micro
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Macro as an adjective:
Very large in scope or scale.
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Macro as an adjective (cooking, colloquial):
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Macro as a noun (colloquial, nutrition, chiefly, in plural):
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Macro as a noun (programming):
A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
Examples:
"The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled."
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Macro as a noun (photography):
macro lens
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Micro as an adjective:
Small, relatively small; .
Examples:
"At the micro level he was a good manager. At the macro level he failed."
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Micro as a noun (computing, dated):
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Micro as a noun (gaming slang):
micromanagement
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Micro as a verb (gaming slang):
to micromanage