mensuration vs hypsometry

hypsometry vs mensuration

mensuration and hypsometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hypsometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, hypsometry 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
hypsometry: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Other hyponyms of mensuration 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, 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)	hypsometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Difference between mensuration and hypsometry

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