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Pluviometer vs Pluviograph - What's the difference?

pluviometer | pluviograph |

As nouns the difference between pluviometer and pluviograph

is that pluviometer is (meteorology) a scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall while pluviograph is an instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (ie rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period of time, often an automated graphing instrument.

pluviometer

English

(wikipedia pluviometer)

Alternative forms

* pluviameter

Noun

(en noun)
  • (meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.

    • Synonyms

    * rain gauge * udometer

    pluviograph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (ie. rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period of time, often an automated graphing instrument.

    • References

    * Historic instruments