mensuration vs pycnometry

pycnometry vs mensuration

mensuration and pycnometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pycnometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, pycnometry 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
pycnometry: The determination of liquid density by weighing the liquid in a container (pycnometer) of known volume.

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, 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.

mensuration (noun)	pycnometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	The determination of liquid density by weighing the liquid in a container (pycnometer) of known volume.

Difference between mensuration and pycnometry

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