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Monitoring vs Measurement - What's the difference?

monitoring | measurement |

As nouns the difference between monitoring and measurement

is that monitoring is the act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable while measurement is the act of measuring.

As a verb monitoring

is present participle of lang=en.

monitoring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
  • The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
  • The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.

    • 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