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Ton vs. Tonne
Ton
/tʌn/Examples:
The silence weighed a thousand tons.Hence, the division: rights to the ton, duties to the gram.The Miyazu boat is a two-and-a-half ton Japanese-style one.
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This word has no antonymsTonne
/tʌn/Examples:
The cargo ship can carry up to 50,000 tonnes.Each turbine weighs nearly 150 tonnes.Farmers collect about 3 tonnes of wheat per hectare.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- "Ton" is mainly used in American English, while "tonne" is used in British English.
- A "ton" is 2000 pounds in the US, but a "tonne" is 1000 kilograms, which is equivalent to approximately 2204.62 pounds.
- Remember that "tonne" has an extra n, like how it has the extra weight in kilograms compared to the US ton.
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