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Measuring vs Calculating - What's the difference?

measuring | calculating |

As verbs the difference between measuring and calculating

is that measuring is while calculating is .

As a noun measuring

is act of measurement.

As an adjective calculating is

(especially of a robot) which has the ability to calculate.

measuring

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of measurement.
  • * 1899 , Self Culture (volume 8, page 683)
    • The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.

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    calculating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
  • (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating ? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."}}

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