scale vs touchstone

touchstone vs scale

scale and touchstone both are nouns.

scale is a verb but touchstone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scale	Yes	No	Yes	No
touchstone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, touchstone is a hypernym of scale; that is, touchstone is a word with a broader meaning than scale:

scale: an ordered reference standard
touchstone: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

Other hypernyms of scale include criterion, measure, standard.

scale (noun)	touchstone (noun)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals	a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
relative magnitude
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
an ordered reference standard

scale (verb)	touchstone (verb)
measure with or as if with scales
size or measure according to a scale
remove the scales from
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
climb up by means of a ladder
reach the highest point of
take by attacking with scaling ladders
measure by or as if by a scale

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