plumbing vs measuring

plumbing and measuring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plumbing	Yes	No	No	No
measuring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, measuring is a hypernym of plumbing; that is, measuring is a word with a broader meaning than plumbing:

plumbing: measuring the depths of the oceans
measuring: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

Other hypernyms of plumbing include measure, measurement, mensuration.

plumbing (noun)	measuring (noun)
measuring the depths of the oceans	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage