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Tola vs Carat - What's the difference?

tola | carat |

As a noun tola

is a unit of mass used in india, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains () in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.

As a verb carat is

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tola

English

Alternative forms

* tolah * tole

Noun

(en noun)
  • a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains () in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date

    • References

    * Prinsep, James (1840), Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India (2nd ed.), Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, pp. 65–74, 79–90. * Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 344. * A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles , volume 10/1 (1926), Oxford: University Press, p. 111.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    carat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (unit of purity) karat (North America)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
  • Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
  • A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

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