measuring vs spirometry

spirometry vs measuring

measuring and spirometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spirometry is a hyponym of measuring; that is, spirometry 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
spirometry: the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity

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, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measuring (noun)	spirometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity

Difference between measuring and spirometry

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