relative quantity vs measure

measure vs relative quantity

relative quantity and measure both are nouns.

relative quantity is not a verb while measure is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relative quantity	Yes	No	No	No
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, measure is a hypernym of relative quantity; that is, measure is a word with a broader meaning than relative quantity:

relative quantity: a quantity relative to some purpose
measure: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of relative quantity include amount, quantity.

relative quantity (noun)	measure (noun)
a quantity relative to some purpose	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
	any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
	measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
	a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
	musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
	(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
	a statute in draft before it becomes law
	a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

relative quantity (verb)	measure (verb)
	express as a number or measure or quantity
	determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
	have certain dimensions

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