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why does perimeter has er and metre has re ------------------ Why does perimeter end in er and metre in re?

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Perimeter is a particular measurement like diameter, whereas metre is unit of distance, both the spelling are British English. In British English unit of distance spells metre whereas in American English spellings are more phonetic so it is meter.
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In British usage, some words of French, Latin, or Greek origin end with a consonant followed by -re, the -re is actually pronounced /?r/. In the USA most of these words (note "most" not all) have the more phonetic spelling of -er. The difference is most common for words ending -bre or -tre: British spellings...
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In British usage, some words of French, Latin, or Greek origin end with a consonant followed by -re, the -re is actually pronounced /?r/. In the USA most of these words (note "most" not all) have the more phonetic spelling of -er. The difference is most common for words ending -bre or -tre: British spellings centre, kilometre, litre, lustre, mitre, nitre, reconnoitre, saltpetre, spectre, theatre, titre, calibre, fibre, sabre, and sombre all have -er in American spelling read less
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Well, for starters in the US they spell it meter. But, in the UK there are two different spellings and a metre is a measurement (100cm = 1 metre), whereas meter is a machine that measures things like electricity, gas or even temperature like thermometer. The reason for the difference in re and er endings...
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Well, for starters in the US they spell it meter. But, in the UK there are two different spellings and a metre is a measurement (100cm = 1 metre), whereas meter is a machine that measures things like electricity, gas or even temperature like thermometer. The reason for the difference in re and er endings can be found here:- http://www.learnenglish.de/spelling/spellingrevser.html read less
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Metre ending with 're' stands for specific distance of 100 cm. In American English, this is spelt as Meter. They do not use the metric system of measurements in America. Meter is a different word altogether. It refers to a measuring device or a measured distance along the boundary of something.
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