Oddities of English: tape measure ≠ measuring tape.
@starkatt really? In usages in familiar with they're interchangeable.
@Jacel There's a bit of overlap but I think of measuring tape as soft/floppy and tape measure as the semi-rigid extending metal thing.
@starkatt Huh. I've only ever heard those used entirely interchangeably. Maybe an American thing, I guess?
@starkatt @Jacel we used the terms interchangeably at my house until we started sewing seriously, at which point the distinction became more relevant.