The difference between Bellwether and Gauge

When used as nouns, bellwether means the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck, whereas gauge means a measure.

Gauge is also verb with the meaning: to measure or determine with a gauge.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bellwether and Gauge

  1. Bellwether as a noun:

    The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.

  2. Bellwether as a noun:

    Anything that indicates future trends.

  3. Bellwether as a noun:

    A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.

  1. Gauge as a noun:

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

  2. Gauge as a noun:

    An act of measuring.

  3. Gauge as a noun:

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

  4. Gauge as a noun:

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

  5. Gauge as a noun (rail transport):

    The distance between the rails of a railway.

  6. Gauge as a noun (mathematics, analysis):

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

  7. Gauge as a noun (knitting):

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

  8. Gauge as a noun (nautical):

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

    Examples:

    "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."

  9. Gauge as a noun (nautical):

    The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  10. Gauge as a noun (plastering):

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

  11. Gauge as a noun:

    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.

  12. Gauge as a noun (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.

  13. Gauge as a noun (US, slang, by extension):

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

  14. Gauge as a noun:

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

  1. Gauge as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Gauge as a verb (transitive):

    To estimate.

  3. Gauge as a verb (transitive):

    To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

  4. Gauge as a verb (textile, transitive):

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

  5. Gauge as a verb (transitive):

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

  6. Gauge as a verb (transitive):

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

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