Questionnaire vs. Scale

Questionnaire vs. Scale — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Questionnaire and Scale

Questionnairenoun

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey

Scalenoun

(obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Questionnaireverb

to survey using questionnaires

Scalenoun

An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.

Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.

Questionnairenoun

a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information

Scalenoun

Size; scope.

The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
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Scalenoun

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

This map uses a scale of 1:10.

Scalenoun

A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced

Scalenoun

(music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Scalenoun

A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.

the decimal scale; the binary scale

Scalenoun

Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.

Scalenoun

A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
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Scalenoun

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

Scalenoun

A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.

Scalenoun

A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.

Scalenoun

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.

Scalenoun

The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.

Scalenoun

Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

Scalenoun

Limescale.

Scalenoun

A scale insect.

Scalenoun

The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.

Scalenoun

A device to measure mass or weight.

After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale.

Scalenoun

Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

We should scale that up by a factor of 10.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To climb to the top of.

Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.

Scaleverb

To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To remove the scales of.

Please scale that fish for dinner.

Scaleverb

(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.

The dry weather is making my skin scale.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.

to scale the inside of a boiler

Scaleverb

(transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.

Scaleverb

(intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.

Some sandstone scales by exposure.

Scaleverb

To scatter; to spread.

Scaleverb

(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

Scalenoun

an ordered reference standard;

judging on a scale of 1 to 10

Scalenoun

relative magnitude;

they entertained on a grand scale

Scalenoun

the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it;

the scale of the mapthe scale of the model

Scalenoun

an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

Scalenoun

a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

Scalenoun

a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

Scalenoun

(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

Scalenoun

a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

Scalenoun

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Scalenoun

a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

Scaleverb

measure by or as if by a scale;

This bike scales only 25 pounds

Scaleverb

pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

Scaleverb

take by attacking with scaling ladders;

The troops scaled the walls of the fort

Scaleverb

reach the highest point of;

We scaled the Mont Blanc

Scaleverb

climb up by means of a ladder

Scaleverb

remove the scales from;

scale fish

Scaleverb

measure with or as if with scales;

scale the gold

Scaleverb

size or measure according to a scale;

This model must be scaled down