measuring vs observation

observation vs measuring

measuring and observation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measuring	Yes	No	No	No
observation	Yes	No	No	No

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

measuring: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
observation: the act of making and recording a measurement

Other hyponyms of measuring 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, 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.

measuring (noun)	observation (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the act of observing; taking a patient look
	the act of making and recording a measurement
	the act of noticing or paying attention
	facts learned by observing
	a remark expressing careful consideration

Difference between measuring and observation

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