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.

Quart vs Ounce - What's the difference?

quart | ounce |

As nouns the difference between quart and ounce

is that quart is a unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon equivalent to 1136 liters in the uk and 0946 liter (liquid quart) or 1101 liters (dry quart) in the us while ounce is an avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 283495 grams or ounce can be the snow leopard, uncia uncia .

quart

English

(wikipedia quart)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
  • (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
  • * Spenser
  • Camber did possess the western quart .

    See also

    * you can't get a quart into a pint pot ----

    ounce

    English

    (wikipedia ounce)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) once, from (etyl) . Compare inch.

    Noun

  • (en noun) abbreviation oz.
  • An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
  • A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
  • A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
  • A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
  • A little bit.
  • He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
    Synonyms
    * (small amount) see also .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) once, from . Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The snow leopard, Uncia uncia .
  • Anagrams

    *