Calibrate vs Characterize - What's the difference?
calibrate | characterize |
To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
to determine the characteristics of
* {{quote-book, passage=This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize , measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
, title=Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105
, chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology
, author=Brian Voigt
, year=1998
As verbs the difference between calibrate and characterize
is that calibrate is to check or adjust by comparison with a standard while characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).calibrate
English
(Calibration)Verb
(calibrat)External links
* *Anagrams
* English transitive verbs ----characterize
English
(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
(characteriz)citation