sound ranging vs measure

measure vs sound ranging

sound ranging and measure both are nouns.

sound ranging is not a verb while measure is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sound ranging	Yes	No	No	No
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

sound ranging: locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions
measure: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

Other hypernyms of sound ranging include measurement, measuring, mensuration.

sound ranging (noun)	measure (noun)
locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions	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

sound ranging (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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