The difference between Measure and Metric

When used as nouns, measure means moderation, temperance, whereas metric means a measure for something.

When used as verbs, measure means to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard, whereas metric means to measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

Metric is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

check bellow for the other definitions of Measure and Metric

  1. Measure as a noun (obsolete):

    A prescribed quantity or extent. Moderation, temperance. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

    Examples:

    "a measure of salt"

  2. Measure as a noun (now, chiefly, cooking):

    The act or result of measuring. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. Any of various standard units of capacity. A unit of measurement. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in .) The act or process of measuring. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. A bed or stratum. 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.

    Examples:

    "Honesty is the true measure of a man."

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

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    "the greatest common measure of two or more numbers"

    "coal measures; lead measures"

  3. Measure as a noun (now, archaic):

    Metrical rhythm. A melody. A dance. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. 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.

    Examples:

    "a poem in iambic measure"

  4. Measure as a noun (in plural):

    A course of action. Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. A piece of legislation.

  1. Measure as a verb:

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

    Examples:

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

  2. Measure as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "The window measured two square feet."

  3. Measure as a verb:

    To estimate the unit size of something.

    Examples:

    "I measure that at 10 centimetres."

  4. Measure as a verb:

    To judge, value, or appraise.

  5. Measure as a verb:

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

  6. Measure as a verb (rare):

    To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

  7. Measure as a verb:

    To adjust by a rule or standard.

  8. Measure as a verb:

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

  1. Metric as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

  2. Metric as an adjective (music):

    Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

  3. Metric as an adjective (mathematics, physics):

    Of or relating to distance.

  1. Metric as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "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."

  2. Metric as a noun (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) .

  3. Metric as a noun (mathematics):

    A metric tensor.

  4. Metric as a noun:

  1. Metric as a verb (transitive, aerospace, systems engineering):

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

    Examples:

    "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."

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