system of weights and measures vs metric

metric vs system of weights and measures

system of weights and measures and metric both are nouns.

system of weights and measures is not an adjective while metric is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
system of weights and measures	Yes	No	No	No
metric	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, metric is a hypernym of system of weights and measures; that is, metric is a word with a broader meaning than system of weights and measures:

system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration
metric: a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

Other hypernyms of system of weights and measures include system of measurement.

system of weights and measures (noun)	metric (noun)
system of measurement for length and weight and duration	a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
	a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
	a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

system of weights and measures (adjective)	metric (adjective)
	based on the meter as a standard of measurement
	the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

Difference between system of weights and measures and metric

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