gage vs measuring device

gage and measuring device both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gage	Yes	No	Yes	No
measuring device	Yes	No	No	No

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

gage: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
measuring device: instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

Other hypernyms of gage include measuring instrument, measuring system.

gage (noun)	measuring device (noun)
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.	instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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gage (verb)	measuring device (verb)
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