Record vs Measure - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between record and measure

is that record is an item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium while measure is the quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.

As verbs the difference between record and measure

is that record is to make a record of information while measure is to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

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The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.

The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

We have no record of you making this payment to us.

A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

I still like records better than CDs.

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.

The heat and humidity were both new records .

The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Synonyms

* log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)

Derived terms

* activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To make a record of information.

I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

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Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.

Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

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(legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.

To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.

(Shakespeare)

* W. Browne

whether the birds or she recorded best

* Fairfax

They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

* Fuller

Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.

Derived terms

* recordable * recorder * recording

Antonyms

* (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase

measure

English

(wikipedia measure)

Noun

(en noun)

The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.

An (unspecified) quantity or capacity.

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It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.

The precise designated distance between two objects or points.

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated.

The tailor took my measure for a coat.

* Bible, Job xi. 9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

The act of measuring.

(Shakespeare)

A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition.

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(music) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.

(dancing) A regulated movement, especially in a slow and stately dance, corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed.

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

a poem in iambic measure

A rule, ruler or measuring stick.

A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.

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(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.

(arithmetic, dated) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor.

the greatest common measure of two or more numbers

(geology) A bed or stratum.

coal measures'''; lead '''measures

An indicator; something used to assess some property.

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Synonyms

* (musical designation) bar * (precise designated distance) metric

Hyponyms

* (mathematics) positive measure, signed measure, complex measure, Borel measure, , complete measure, Lebesgue measure

Verb

(measur)

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

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, title= Towards the end of poverty , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

To estimate the unit size of something.

To judge, value, or appraise.

* (John Milton)

Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power! what thought can measure thee?

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

* (William Shakespeare)

A true devoted pilgrim is not weary / To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

* Jeremy Taylor

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out'' or ''off .

* Bible, Matthew vii. 2

With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

* Addison

That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.

Derived terms

* measurement * measure stick * measure theory

External links

* * * 1000 English basic words