measure vs calliper

calliper vs measure

measure and calliper both are nouns.

measure and calliper both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No
calliper	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, calliper is a hyponym of measure; that is, calliper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measure:

measure: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
calliper: measure the diameter of something with calipers

Other hyponyms of measure include shoot, triangulate, caliper, calibrate.

measure (noun)	calliper (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	an instrument for measuring the distance between two points
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

measure (verb)	calliper (verb)
express as a number or measure or quantity	measure the diameter of something with calipers
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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