shoot vs measure

shoot and measure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoot	Yes	No	Yes	No
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, measure is a hypernym of shoot; that is, measure is a word with a broader meaning than shoot:

shoot: measure the altitude of by using a sextant
measure: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

Other hypernyms of shoot include measure out, mensurate.

shoot (noun)	measure (noun)
the act of shooting at targets	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
a new branch	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

shoot (verb)	measure (verb)
give an injection to	express as a number or measure or quantity
produce buds, branches, or germinate	determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
measure the altitude of by using a sextant	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
record on photographic film	have certain dimensions
make a film or photograph of something
utter fast and forcefully
fire a shot; release
hit with a missile from a weapon
score
spend frivolously and unwisely
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
throw dice, as in a crap game
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
run or move very quickly or hastily
move quickly and violently
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
kill by firing a missile
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully