Questionnaire vs. Scale
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.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 scaleScalenoun
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.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 boilerScaleverb
(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 10Scalenoun
relative magnitude;
they entertained on a grand scaleScalenoun
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it;
the scale of the mapthe scale of the modelScalenoun
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 poundsScaleverb
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 fortScaleverb
reach the highest point of;
We scaled the Mont BlancScaleverb
climb up by means of a ladder
Scaleverb
remove the scales from;
scale fishScaleverb
measure with or as if with scales;
scale the goldScaleverb
size or measure according to a scale;
This model must be scaled down
