measure vs reading

reading vs measure

measure and reading both are nouns.

measure is a verb but reading is not a verb.

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

As nouns, reading is a hyponym of measure; that is, reading 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
reading: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

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

measure (noun)	reading (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal	a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements	a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance	written material intended to be read
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats	a particular interpretation or performance
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
a statute in draft before it becomes law
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

measure (verb)	reading (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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