measurement vs dosimetry

dosimetry vs measurement

measurement and dosimetry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measurement	Yes	No	No	No
dosimetry	Yes	No	No	No

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

measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
dosimetry: measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source

Other hyponyms of measurement include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, 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.

measurement (noun)	dosimetry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source

Difference between measurement and dosimetry

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