Quart vs Gallon - What's the difference?
quart | gallon |
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
(cards) Four successive cards of the same suit.
* 1908 , Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted
(obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
* Spenser
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).
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As nouns the difference between quart and gallon
is that quart is a unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S while gallon is a unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints.quart
English
(wikipedia quart)Noun
(en noun)- A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
- Camber did possess the western quart .
See also
* you can't get a quart into a pint pot ----gallon
English
Noun
(en noun)- The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
