Micro vs Micron - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between micro and micron

is that micro is form of microcomputer|lang=en while micron is a unit of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

As an adjective micro

is small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified.

As a verb micro

is to micromanage.

As a proper noun Micro

is a town in North Carolina.

micro

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)

Small, relatively small; (used to contrast levels of the noun modified).

At the micro level he was a good manager. At the macro level he failed.

Antonyms

* macro

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

(computing, dated)

* 1984 , Mike Gerrard, Bryan Skinner, Mr Chips comes home: micros and home education (page 23)

If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised.

* 1986 , Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack'' (video game review) in ''Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986

So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite.

Etymology 3

Noun

(-)

(lb) micromanagement

Verb

(lb) to micromanage

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micron

English

Noun

(en noun)

(physics) A unit of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

* 2009 , Jonathan Amos, (bbc.co.uk) Satellites weigh California water

As one spacecraft lurches and drags through the Earth's uneven gravity field, the second follows 210 km behind, measuring changes in their separation to the nearest micron (a thousandth of a millimetre).

Synonyms

* micrometre, micrometer

Derived terms

* micronise, micronize ----