Difference between Measurement and Measuring

What is the difference between Measurement and Measuring?

Measurement as a noun is the act of measuring. while Measuring as a verb is to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

Measurement

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of measuring. Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by measurement.

Example sentence: I've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.

Measuring

Part of speech: verb

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

Example sentence: Because I am interested in the growth and development of early hominids, I play with my kids, you know, looking at their teeth or measuring their heads, which they like also, because it's kind of fun.

We hope you now know whether to use Measurement or Measuring in your sentence.

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