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Compare vs Gauge - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between compare and gauge

is that compare is to declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"] while gauge is to chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

compare

English

Verb

(compar)
  • (label) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with' Y, one might have found it similar '''to''' Y or different ' from Y.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
  • (label) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
  • To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
  • (label) To be similar (often used in the negative ).
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Shall pack horsescompare with Caesar's?
  • (label) To get; to obtain.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • To fill his bags, and richesse to compare .

    Related terms

    * comparable * comparative * comparison * cf

    See also

    * contrast

    Noun

    (-)
  • comparison
  • * Milton
    • His mighty champion, strong beyond compare .
  • * Waller
    • Their small galleys may not hold compare with our tall ships.
  • illustration by comparison; simile
  • * Shakespeare
    • Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare .
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    gauge

    English

    (wikipedia gauge)

    Alternative forms

    * gage

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
  • * 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence . p. 2.
    • The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.
  • * Burke
    • the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
  • An act of measuring.
  • Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
  • A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
  • (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
  • (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
  • (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  • Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
    • A vessel has the weather gauge''' of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee '''gauge when on the lee side of it.
  • The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
    • (Totten)
  • The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
  • That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

    • Derived terms

    * broad gauge * Coulomb gauge * gauge boson * gauge field * gauge theory * lattice gauge theory * Lorentz gauge * narrow gauge * quantum gauge theory * rail gauge * rain gauge * standard gauge * Weyl gauge

    Verb

    (gaug)
  • To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  • To estimate.
  • To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.
  • (textile) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  • To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  • To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

    • See also

    * gage * gouge

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