linear measure vs mil

mil vs linear measure

linear measure and mil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linear measure	Yes	No	No	No
mil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mil is a hyponym of linear measure; that is, mil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linear measure:

linear measure: a unit of measurement of length
mil: a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)

Other hyponyms of linear measure include long measure, astronomy unit, metric linear unit, nautical linear unit, in, inch, foot, ft, footer, pace, yard, yarder, perch, pole, rod, furlong, international mile, land mile, mi, mile, stat mi, statute mile, miler, 880 yards, half mile, 440 yards, quarter mile, league, ligne, nail, archine, coss, kos, vara, verst, cable's length, cable, cable length, chain, cubit, digit, finger's breadth, finger, fingerbreadth, fistmele, body length, handbreadth, handsbreadth, head, lea, li, link, mesh, mile, Swedish mile, mile, Roman mile, Roman pace, geometric pace, military pace, palm, span, survey mile, fathom, fthm, point, em, pica, pica em, en, nut, cicero, daktylos, quarter of meridian, point size, catholic meter, catholic metre, metro cattolico, universal meter, universal metre.

linear measure (noun)	mil (noun)
a unit of measurement of length	a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
	a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
	an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
	a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
	a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

Difference between linear measure and mil

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