mensuration vs calorimetry

calorimetry vs mensuration

mensuration and calorimetry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mensuration	Yes	No	No	No
calorimetry	Yes	No	No	No

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

mensuration: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
calorimetry: measurement of quantities of heat

Other hyponyms of mensuration include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, 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, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

mensuration (noun)	calorimetry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement of quantities of heat

Difference between mensuration and calorimetry

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