Grade and Scale

Grade

Grade noun - An individual part of a process, series, or ranking.

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Scale and grade are semantically related in gauge topic. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead the word "Grade" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: graded, gradation, graduation, grading, grader

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Grade and scale are semantically related in gauge topic. Sometimes you can use "Grade" instead the word "Scale" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

good	good grade	good scale
full	full grade	full scale
low	low grade	low scale
certain	certain grade	certain scale
Other adjectives: current, average, single, actual, entire, real, lower, social, larger, different, higher, overall, industrial.

way	grade way	scale way
results	grade results	scale results

Closer to the end of its run, they switched from a 1-10 scale to a 'grade' system (A, B, B+, etc.) for the purpose of avoiding the Four Point Scale trap entirely.

Source: Four Point Scale
Obviously, the regular grading scale is not extreme enough for Bob's horrifying essay, so Bob's teacher pegs his work with a grade completely off the scale: an F Minus Minus.

Source: F--
It is difficult to grade on a 100-point scale, as many ratings sites do, so even the best amateur critics tend to have a bimodal or trimodal distribution.

Source: Four Point Scale