Measured vs Estimated - What's the difference?
measured | estimated |
That has been determined by measurement.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
Deliberate but restrained.
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Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
(measure)
(estimate)
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As verbs the difference between measured and estimated
is that measured is past tense of measure while estimated is past tense of estimate.As an adjective measured
is that has been determined by measurement.measured
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