Quantify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to assign a quantity to.
Example sentence: What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen.
Measure
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.To estimate the unit size of something.To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.An (unspecified) quantity or capacity :The precise designated distance between two objects or points.The act of measuring.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 rule, ruler or measuring stick.A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.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.An indicator; Something used to assess some property.
Example sentence: It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.