A yardstick is a straightedge used to physically measure lengths of up to one yard (3.0 feet or 0.9144 meters long) high. Yardsticks are flat boards with markings at regular intervals. In the metric system, a similar device measuring up to one meter is called a meter-stick.
Based on the above text, what's the best answer to this question: is a yardstick and a meter stick the same?
no