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Manometer vs Barometer - What's the difference?

manometer | barometer |

As nouns the difference between manometer and barometer

is that manometer is an instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids while barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

manometer

English

(wikipedia manometer)

Alternative forms

* manometre (nonstandard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.
  • * 1872 , The American Journal of Science
    • As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined
  • * 1973 , Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow :
    • Pökler helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside.

    See also

    * sphygmomanometer - measures blood pressure

    barometer

    English

    (wikipedia barometer)

    Alternative forms

    * barometre (nonstandard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
  • Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
  • * 1916. Michigan Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 8 (Jun., 1916), pp. 661-665 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-2234%28191606%2914%3A8%3C661%3APOAJO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C&size=LARGE]:
    • "An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication."