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standard of measurement vs measure

measure vs standard of measurement

standard of measurement and measure both are nouns.

standard of measurement is not a verb while measure is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
standard of measurement Yes No No No
measure Yes No Yes No
As nouns, measure is a hypernym of standard of measurement; that is, measure is a word with a broader meaning than standard of measurement:
  • standard of measurement: accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
  • measure: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
Other hypernyms of standard of measurement include criterion, standard, touchstone.
standard of measurement (noun) measure (noun)
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared 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
standard of measurement (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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