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Metra vs Metro - What's the difference?

metra | metro |

As nouns the difference between metra and metro

is that metra is the uterus while metro is an underground railway.

As an adjective metro is

metropolitan.

metra

English

Noun

(metrae)
  • (medicine) The uterus.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    metro

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underground railway.
  • A train that runs on such an underground railway.
  • An urban rapid transit light railway
  • A train that runs on such a railway.
    • Synonyms
    * (underground railway) el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metropolitan area.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Metropolitan.
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