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Commeasurable vs Commensurable - What's the difference?

commeasurable | commensurable |

As adjectives the difference between commeasurable and commensurable

is that commeasurable is having the same measure; commensurate; proportional while commensurable is able to be measured using a common standard.

commeasurable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
    • She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done. — I. Walton.
    (Webster 1913)

    commensurable

    English

    (Commensurability)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be measured using a common standard
    • A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
  • Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate
  • (mathematics) (of two numbers ) Divisible by the same number WP
    • The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.

    Antonyms

    * incommensurable