anemometer vs gage

anemometer and gage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anemometer	Yes	No	No	No
gage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gage is a hypernym of anemometer; that is, gage is a word with a broader meaning than anemometer:

anemometer: a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
gage: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

Other hypernyms of anemometer include gauge.

anemometer (noun)	gage (noun)
a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind	a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
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anemometer (verb)	gage (verb)
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