Kilometer vs. Mile
Difference Between Kilometer and Mile
Kilometernoun
A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile). See Table at measurement.
Milenoun
Abbr. mi. or mi A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Also called land mile, statute mile. See Table at measurement.
Kilometernoun
a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
Milenoun
A nautical mile.
Milenoun
An air mile.
Milenoun
(Sports) A race that is one mile long.
Milenoun
A relatively great distance
had to walk for miles in the airport.Milenoun
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
Milenoun
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
Milenoun
Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
Milenoun
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
Milenoun
(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
Milenoun
(informal) Any similarly large distance.
The shot missed by a mile.Milenoun
(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
The runners competed in the mile.Milenoun
(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
five miles over the speed limitMilenoun
a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
Milenoun
a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
Milenoun
a large distance;
he missed by a mileMilenoun
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
Milenoun
a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
Milenoun
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
Milenoun
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
Milenoun
a footrace extending one mile;
he holds the record in the mile
