Measure vs. Procedure

Measure vs. Procedure — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Measure and Procedure

Measurenoun

A prescribed quantity or extent.

Procedurenoun

A particular method for performing a task.

Measurenoun

(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.

Procedurenoun

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Measurenoun

A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

Procedurenoun

(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
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Measurenoun

An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

a measure of salt

Procedurenoun

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Measurenoun

The act or result of measuring.

Procedurenoun

(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

Measurenoun

A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

Procedurenoun

(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

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Measurenoun

A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.

Honesty is the true measure of a man.

Procedurenoun

(medicine) A surgical operation.

Measurenoun

Any of various standard units of capacity.

The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.

Procedurenoun

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

the procedure of obtaining a driver's licenseit was a process of trial and error

Measurenoun

A unit of measurement.

Procedurenoun

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;

the operations in building a housecertain machine tool operations

Measurenoun

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

Procedurenoun

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Measurenoun

The act or process of measuring.

Procedurenoun

a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

Measurenoun

A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

Measurenoun

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.

the greatest common measure of two or more numbers

Measurenoun

(geology) A bed or stratum.

coal measures; lead measures

Measurenoun

(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.

Measurenoun

Metrical rhythm.

Measurenoun

A melody.

Measurenoun

A dance.

Measurenoun

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

a poem in iambic measure

Measurenoun

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.

Measurenoun

A course of action.

Measurenoun

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

Measurenoun

A piece of legislation.

Measureverb

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

We measured the temperature with a thermometer.You should measure the angle with a spirit level.

Measureverb

To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)

The window measured two square feet.

Measureverb

To estimate the unit size of something.

I measure that at 10 centimetres.

Measureverb

To judge, value, or appraise.

Measureverb

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

Measureverb

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Measureverb

To adjust by a rule or standard.

Measureverb

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

Measurenoun

the act or process of measuring;

the measurements were carefully donehis mental measurings proved remarkably accurate

Measurenoun

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

they set the measure for all subsequent work

Measurenoun

how much there is of something that you can quantify

Measurenoun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;

the situation called for strong measuresthe police took steps to reduce crime

Measurenoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law;

they held a public hearing on the bill

Measurenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Measurenoun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song

Measurenoun

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

Measureverb

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;

Measure the length of the wall

Measureverb

express as a number or measure or quantity;

Can you quantify your results?

Measureverb

have certain dimensions;

This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches

Measureverb

place a value on; judge the worth of something;

I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional