hypsometry vs measuring

hypsometry and measuring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hypsometry	Yes	No	No	No
measuring	Yes	No	No	No

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

hypsometry: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
measuring: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

Other hypernyms of hypsometry include measure, measurement, mensuration.

hypsometry (noun)	measuring (noun)
measurement of the elevation of land above sea level	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule