What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Meta vs Infra - What's the difference?

meta | infra |

As nouns the difference between meta and infra

is that meta is boundary marker while infra is infrastructure.

As an adjective meta

is self-referential; at a higher level.

As an adverb infra is

used to refer to something discussed later.

meta

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Self-referential; at a higher level
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, Robert C. Neville, Religion in Late Modernity citation
    • , passage=
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, Brendan Vaughan, What Would MacGyver Do? citation
    • , passage=Besides, I can just hear Vaughan: "Very funny, Stacey, very Charlie Kaufman-esque, very meta , very '97. I can't use it." }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • boundary marker
  • Either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    infra

    English

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from (etyl) , below

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (legal) Used to refer to something discussed later.
    • Antonyms
    * supra
    Derived terms
    * infra dig

    Etymology 2

    Shortened form of infrastructure

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (civil engineering, informal) Infrastructure.

    • Anagrams

    * ----