surveyor's instrument vs transit

transit vs surveyor's instrument

surveyor's instrument and transit both are nouns.

surveyor's instrument is not a verb while transit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surveyor's instrument	Yes	No	No	No
transit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transit is a hyponym of surveyor's instrument; that is, transit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surveyor's instrument:

surveyor's instrument: an instrument used by surveyors
transit: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

Other hyponyms of surveyor's instrument include alidad, alidade, alidad, alidade, clinometer, inclinometer, plane table, flagpole, range pole, ranging pole, surveyor's level, theodolite.

surveyor's instrument (noun)	transit (noun)
an instrument used by surveyors	a journey usually by ship
	a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
	a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

surveyor's instrument (verb)	transit (verb)
	make a passage or journey from one place to another
	cause or enable to pass through
	revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
	pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

Difference between surveyor's instrument and transit

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