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measuring device vs gauge

gauge vs measuring device

measuring device and gauge both are nouns.

measuring device is not a verb while gauge is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
measuring device Yes No No No
gauge Yes No Yes No
As nouns, gauge is a hyponym of measuring device; that is, gauge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measuring device:
  • measuring device: instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
  • gauge: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Other hyponyms of measuring device include accelerometer, actinometer, algometer, altazimuth, altimeter, atmometer, evaporometer, audiometer, sonometer, barometer, bathometer, bathymeter, bolometer, buret, burette, caliper, calliper, calorimeter, chronoscope, colorimeter, tintometer, counter tube, craniometer, cryoscope, declinometer, transit declinometer, densimeter, densitometer, densitometer, dosemeter, dosimeter, dynamometer, ergometer, electrodynamometer, electroscope, eudiometer, gage, graduate, gravimeter, gravity meter, heliometer, haematocrit, hematocrit, gravimeter, hydrometer, hygrometer, dip circle, inclinometer, integrator, planimeter, interferometer, ionization chamber, ionization tube, katharometer, Kundt's tube, lidar, log, measure, measuring rod, measuring stick, meter, nephoscope, octant, oximeter, pedometer, pelvimeter, photometer, piezometer, pipet, pipette, Pitot-static tube, Pitot head, Pitot tube, Pitot, Pitot tube, plethysmograph, potentiometer, quadrant, microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation, range finder, rangefinder, refractometer, rheometer, scale, weighing machine, sclerometer, sector, seismograph, sensitometer, sextant, asdic, echo sounder, sonar, spherometer, spirograph, spirometer, static tube, synchroniser, synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope, tach, tachometer, tape, tape measure, tapeline, tensiometer, tensiometer, tensiometer, thermometer, horologe, timekeeper, timepiece, tonometer, torsion balance, variometer, Venturi tube, viscometer, viscosimeter, wattmeter, stactometer, stalagmometer, stalogometer, oedometer, anemograph, anemoclinometer, durometer, ultrasonic pulse analyzer, ultrasonic pulse velocity tester, Abbe vertical metroscope, echograph, eriometer, archaeological planning frame, planning frame, xylometer, orograph, konimeter, flow meter.
measuring device (noun) gauge (noun)
instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
the thickness of wire
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
measuring device (verb) gauge (verb)
measure precisely and against a standard
adapt to a specified measurement
mix in specific proportions
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
rub to a uniform size
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