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Hectare vs Cent - What's the difference?

hectare | cent |

As nouns the difference between hectare and cent

is that hectare is a unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water while cent is a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ยข.

As an abbreviation cent is

century.

hectare

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
  • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares' of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 ' hectares .}}

    See also

    * acre

    References

    Anagrams

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    cent

    English

    (wikipedia cent)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: .
  • (label) A small sum of money.
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  • (label) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  • (label) A hundredth of a half step.
  • Usage notes

    * Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

    Synonyms

    * (of a dollar) dollarcent * (of a euro) eurocent * penny

    See also

    * dollar * euro * per cent * two cents

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • century
  • English terms with homophones ----