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Verst vs Verso - What's the difference?

verst | verso |

As nouns the difference between verst and verso

is that verst is a Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile while verso is the back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.

verst

English

(wikipedia verst)

Alternative forms

* werst

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile.
  • * 1849 , "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849):
  • * 1910 , , "Reginald in Russia", Reginald in Russia :
  • * 1918 , (Aylmer and Louise Maude), trans. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina , Oxford 1998, p. 604:
  • * 1988 , (Anthony Burgess), Any Old Iron :

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    verso

    English

    (wikipedia verso)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.
  • (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

    • Synonyms

    * (back side of a flat object) , flipside

    Antonyms

    * (back side of a flat object) recto, obverse

    Anagrams

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