As nouns the difference between geophysicist and strainmeter
is that geophysicist is a physicist who specialises in geophysics while strainmeter is a scientific instrument used by geophysicists to measure the deformation of the Earth.
geophysicist
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(geology, physics) A physicist who specialises in geophysics
strainmeter
Noun
(
en noun)
A scientific instrument used by geophysicists to measure the deformation of the Earth.