measure vs sampling

sampling vs measure

measure and sampling both are nouns.

measure is a verb but sampling is not a verb.

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

As nouns, sampling is a hyponym of measure; that is, sampling 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
sampling: measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)

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, reading, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measure (noun)	sampling (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal	items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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)	sampling (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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