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Measurement vs Ranking - What's the difference?

measurement | ranking |

As nouns the difference between measurement and ranking

is that measurement is the act of measuring while ranking is one’s relative placement in a list.

As an adjective ranking is

having a specified rank.

As a verb ranking is

present participle of lang=en.

measurement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of measuring.
  • Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
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    See also

    : A Dictionary of Units of Measurement English adjectives

    ranking

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (in combination) having a specified rank
  • superior
  • As the ranking officer, Sergeant Taylor took charge of the investigation.
  • *2002 , , Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban , page 176
  • *:Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated — at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One’s relative placement in a list.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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