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Measuring vs Weighing - What's the difference?

measuring | weighing |

As verbs the difference between measuring and weighing

is that measuring is present participle of lang=en while weighing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between measuring and weighing

is that measuring is act of measurement while weighing is action of the verb to weigh

As an adjective weighing is

that weighs.

measuring

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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.

    Anagrams

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    weighing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to weigh

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that weighs
  • that burdens

    • Derived terms

    * weighing machine