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Similarities:
(i) Both clinical and laboratory thermometers have long, narrow, uniform glass tubes.
(ii) The bulbs of both the thermometers have mercury in them.
Differences:
(i) The temperature range of clinical thermometers is from 35┬░C to 42┬░C while that of laboratory thermometer is from тИТ10┬░C to 110┬░C.
(ii) Clinical thermometer is used to measure the temperature of a human body. However, laboratory thermometer cannot be used to measure the temperature of a human body.
(iii) The least count of both the thermometers differs.
(iv) Unlike clinical thermometer that can be tilted, laboratory thermometer is kept upright while reading the temperature values.