measure vs plumbing

plumbing vs measure

measure and plumbing both are nouns.

measure is a verb but plumbing is not a verb.

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

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

measure: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
plumbing: measuring the depths of the oceans

Other hyponyms of measure include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, micrometry, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measure (noun)	plumbing (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	measuring the depths of the oceans
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal	utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
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)	plumbing (verb)
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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