What would work much better would be for you to use these words consistently with your ideals

Yes, indeed. And I hope I have and do.

However, how would I ever know if my use of "reality" is exactly what others mean by "universe" or "nature", if I didn't ask the question. How do you put reality together? Where does meaurement fit in? How does objectivity get accounted for? What does such a view have in common with physics and philosophy contemporarily and historically?

I guess that's where I was headed with this discussion. Compare the structure of reality I've come up with to others here.