Measure vs. Record — What's the Difference?

Estimating the weight of a substance.

Documenting events in writing.

Assessing the temperature of an environment.

Capturing sounds using electronic devices.

Gauging the intensity of a sound.

Storing data digitally.

Evaluating the capacity of a container.

Keeping financial transactions.

Determining the length of an object.

Logging scientific experiments.

A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties

To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form

A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.

To register or indicate

A system of measurement, such as the metric system.

To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium.

The dimensions, quantity, or capacity of something as ascertained by comparison with a standard

To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something)

A device used for measuring.

To record something.

The act of measuring

An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

An evaluation or a basis of comparison

Something on which such an account is based.

Extent or degree

Something that records

A definite quantity that has been measured out

Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved

A fitting amount

The known history of performance, activities, or achievement

A limited amount or degree

An unsurpassed measurement

Limit; bounds

(Computers) A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.

Appropriate restraint; moderation

(Law) A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive.

An action taken as a means to an end; an expedient

A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

A law or ballot initiative adopted by a legislature as a remedy for a problem.

A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind.

Poetic meter.

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

(Music) The metric unit between two bars on the staff; a bar.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of

Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

To mark, lay out, or establish dimensions for by measuring

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

To mark off or apportion, usually with reference to a given unit of measurement

(programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

To allot or distribute as if by measuring; mete

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To estimate by evaluation or comparison

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

To bring into comparison

(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme.

To serve as a measure of

(transitive) To make a record of information.

To consider or choose with care; weigh

(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.

(Archaic) To travel over

To give legal status to by making an official public record.

To be of a specific measurement

(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

To take a measurement.

(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

To allow of measurement

To repeat; to practice.

A prescribed quantity or extent.

To sing or repeat a tune.

(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.

The act or result of measuring.

To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.

A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

To reflect; to ponder.

A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.

To sing or repeat a tune.

Any of various standard units of capacity.

A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

A unit of measurement.

An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

Testimony; witness; attestation.

The act or process of measuring.

That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.

That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

(geology) A bed or stratum.

Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events;

(mathematics) 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.

The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;

Metrical rhythm.

An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport);

A melody.

Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

A dance.

The sum of recognized accomplishments;

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted;

(music) 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.

A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;

A course of action.

A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction;

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

Make a record of; set down in permanent form

A piece of legislation.

Register electronically;

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

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

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

Be aware of;

To estimate the unit size of something.

Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

To judge, value, or appraise.

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

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

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

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.

The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

Regulated division of movement

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.

A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

The act of measuring; measurement.

Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.

To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.

To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.

To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

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

To make a measurement or measurements.

To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

The act or process of measuring;

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

How much there is of something that you can quantify

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;

A statute in draft before it becomes law;

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;

Express as a number or measure or quantity;

Have certain dimensions;

Place a value on; judge the worth of something;

Accuracy ensures the reliability of the measurements taken, influencing decisions based on these data.

Devices such as cameras, audio recorders, and logs are used for recording.

To determine the physical quantity or quality of an object using standard units.

No, recordings can be both analog (like paper logs) or digital (like digital audio files).

Measurement ensures that goods and services meet specific standards and quantifiable criteria.

Tools like rulers, scales, and thermometers are typical in measurement.

Recording involves capturing and storing data, which can be qualitative or quantitative, without necessarily using standard measurement units.

It provides a factual and detailed account of events, aiding in accurate historical analysis.

Typically, measurements are quantitative, but some forms of qualitative assessments, like scales of intensity or pain, exist.

Yes, recording can simply involve noting down or capturing information as it is observed without quantitative analysis.