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measuring vs surveying

surveying vs measuring

measuring and surveying both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
measuring Yes No No No
surveying Yes No No No
As nouns, surveying is a hyponym of measuring; that is, surveying 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
  • surveying: the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
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, spirometry, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.
measuring (noun) surveying (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
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