Meta vs. Feta: What's the Difference?

Meta and Feta Definitions

Making or showing awareness of reference to oneself or to the activity that is taking place, especially in an ironic or comic way.

A white semisoft cheese usually made of goat's or sheep's milk and often preserved in brine.

(informal) Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.

Suppose you have a genie that grants you three wishes. If you wish for infinite wishes, that is a meta wish.

A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

(video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.

I don't think the character will be meta even with the recent buffs.

Boundary marker.

(historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.

(video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game in a given period of time.

I don't think the character will be part of the meta even with the recent buffs.

An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.

Each video sharing platform's community has a meta on how long videos should be.

(informal) Metoidioplasty.