measure vs porcupine provision

measure and porcupine provision both are nouns.

measure is a verb but porcupine provision is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No
porcupine provision	Yes	No	No	No

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

measure: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
porcupine provision: a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts

Other hyponyms of measure include countermeasure, shark repellent, guard, precaution, safeguard.

measure (noun)	porcupine provision (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts
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)	porcupine provision (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

measure vs porcupine provision

measure and porcupine provision both are nouns.

measure is a verb but porcupine provision is not a verb.

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