mensurate vs calibrate

mensurate and calibrate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mensurate	No	No	Yes	No
calibrate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, calibrate is a hyponym of mensurate; that is, calibrate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mensurate:

mensurate: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
calibrate: measure the caliber of

Other hyponyms of mensurate include shoot, triangulate, caliper, calliper.

mensurate (verb)	calibrate (verb)
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of	make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
	measure the caliber of
	mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units