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Who will explain these things ? Difference between centre and center,meter and metre.Are these only spelling differences or their meanings are really different ?
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The difference lies only in the spelling. One is the English form and the other is the American form. “er” is the English and “re” the American.
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The ones ending with -re are British English and the ones ending with -er are American English. They have the exact same meaning, but as American’s tend to spell as how the words are pronounced, their spellings are different.
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There is no difference. The British spell it “centre & meter” and the Americans spell it “center & metre”.
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Purely spelling, namely between British English and American English.
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The same thing is true for theatre and theater; the “-re” ending is a British or French spelling.
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4 years ago
All i pick for Christmas is my 2 front teeth ( I had an twist of destiny years in the past and the front have porcelin caps that should get replaced in approximately 2 months whilst i could have stored adequate money to interchange them!)
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They are only spelling differences – the “re” spellings are Canadian/British, the “er” spellings are American.
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no difference in meanings.
the “re” endings used to be used in the US, but are now used in England and some of the old English colonies.
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They’re only spelling differences.
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I think the “-re” termination is closely related with declination of Latin words such as “Centrum”.
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