Metric vs. Index

Difference Between Metric and Index

Metricadjective

of or relating to the metric system of measurement

Indexnoun

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.

Metricadjective

(music) of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

Indexnoun

The index finger; the forefinger.

Metricadjective

of or relating to distance

Indexnoun

A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

Metricnoun

A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering)

What metric should be used for performance evaluation?What are the most important metrics to track for your business?It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.There is a lack of standard metrics.

Indexnoun

(printing) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

Metricnoun

(mathematics) A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": $d(x,y) \ge 0$ , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": $d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y$ , (2) "symmetry": $d(x,y) = d(y,x)$ , and (3) "triangle inequality": $d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y)$ .

Indexnoun

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Metricnoun

(mathematics) a metric tensor

Indexnoun

A sign; an indication; a token.

Metricnoun

abbreviation of metric system

Indexnoun

(linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.

Metricverb

To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

We need to metric the status of software documentation.We need to metric the verification of requirements.We need to metric the system failures.The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.