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gallon | ounce |

As nouns the difference between gallon and ounce

is that gallon is a unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints while ounce is an avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 283495 grams or ounce can be the snow leopard, uncia uncia .

gallon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
  • (British, Canadian) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
  • (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon ")
  • (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon ").
  • (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
  • The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

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    Noun

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    ounce

    English

    (wikipedia ounce)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) once, from (etyl) . Compare inch.

    Noun

  • (en noun) abbreviation oz.
  • An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
  • A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
  • A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
  • A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
  • A little bit.
  • He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
    Synonyms
    * (small amount) see also .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) once, from . Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The snow leopard, Uncia uncia .
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