calibrate vs measure out

calibrate and measure out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
calibrate	No	No	Yes	No
measure out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, measure out is a hypernym of calibrate; that is, measure out is a word with a broader meaning than calibrate:

calibrate: measure the caliber of
measure out: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

Other hypernyms of calibrate include measure, mensurate.

calibrate (verb)	measure out (verb)
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring	determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
measure the caliber of
mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units