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measure vs time

time vs measure

measure and time both are nouns.

measure and time both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
measure Yes No Yes No
time Yes No Yes No
As verbs, time is a hyponym of measure; that is, time is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measure:
  • measure: express as a number or measure or quantity
  • time: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Other hyponyms of measure include gauge, scale, meter, pace, step, clock, fathom, sound, titrate, plumb, librate, weigh.
measure (noun) time (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal an instance or single occasion for some event
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements a person's experience on a particular occasion
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
a statute in draft before it becomes law the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
a suitable moment
measure (verb) time (verb)
express as a number or measure or quantity measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of regulate or set the time of
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
have certain dimensions assign a time for an activity or event
set the speed, duration, or execution of
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