Gauge vs. Estimate: What's the Difference?

The distance between the two rails of a railroad.

To calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of something).

The distance between two wheels on an axle.

To form an opinion about; evaluate

The interior diameter of a shotgun barrel as determined by the number of lead balls of a size exactly fitting the barrel that are required to make one pound. Often used in combination

A tentative evaluation or rough calculation, as of worth, quantity, or size

The thickness or diameter of sheet metal, wire, or a similar manufactured material or piece.

A statement of the approximate cost of work to be done, such as a building project or car repairs.

The fineness of knitted cloth as measured by the number of stitches per a given unit of length.

A judgment based on one's impressions; an opinion

A standard or scale of measurement

A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.

An instrument for measuring the dimensions, capacity, or amount of something

(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.

A means of estimating or evaluating; a test

An upper limitation on some positive quantity.

(Nautical) The position of a vessel in relation to another vessel and the wind.

To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

To measure the dimensions, capacity, proportions, or amount of (something), especially by means of a gauge

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

To evaluate or estimate

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, - either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.

To adapt or make conform to a specified standard

To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.

To chip or rub (bricks or stones) to size.

A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.

To stretch (a pierced earlobe or other body part) by inserting progressively larger objects over a long period of time.

An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

Of or relating to a gauge.

A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody;

(Physics) Invariant under a local transformation.

A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

A statement indicating the likely cost of some job;

An act of measuring.

The respect with which a person is held;

An estimate.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

Judge to be probable

A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.

(rail) track gauge

(rail) loading gauge

A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

(knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.

(nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.

(nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

(plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.

That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

(firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.

A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).

A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.

Cannabis.

(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

(transitive) To estimate.

(transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

(transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

(transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

To measure or determine with a gauge.

To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.

To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

Measure; dimensions; estimate.

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; - usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

The distance between the rails of a railway.

The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

The thickness of wire

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Rub to a uniform size;

Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation;

Measure precisely and against a standard;

Adapt to a specified measurement;

Mix in specific proportions;