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clock vs measure

measure vs clock

clock and measure both are nouns.

clock and measure both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clock Yes No Yes No
measure Yes No Yes No
As verbs, measure is a hypernym of clock; that is, measure is a word with a broader meaning than clock:
  • clock: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
  • measure: express as a number or measure or quantity
Other hypernyms of clock include quantify.
clock (noun) measure (noun)
a timepiece that shows the time of day how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
a statute in draft before it becomes law
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
clock (verb) measure (verb)
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time express as a number or measure or quantity
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
have certain dimensions
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