mensuration vs micrometry

micrometry vs mensuration

mensuration and micrometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, micrometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, micrometry 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
micrometry: measuring with a micrometer

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, hypsometry, mental measurement, 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)	micrometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measuring with a micrometer

Difference between mensuration and micrometry

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