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Mercalli scale vs scale of measurement

scale of measurement vs Mercalli scale

Mercalli scale and scale of measurement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Mercalli scale Yes No No No
scale of measurement Yes No No No
As nouns, scale of measurement is a hypernym of Mercalli scale; that is, scale of measurement is a word with a broader meaning than Mercalli scale:
  • Mercalli scale: a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII
  • scale of measurement: an ordered reference standard
Other hypernyms of Mercalli scale include graduated table, ordered series, scale.
Mercalli scale (noun) scale of measurement (noun)
a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII an ordered reference standard
Difference between Mercalli scale and scale of measurement

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