amount vs abstraction

abstraction vs amount

amount and abstraction both are nouns.

amount is a verb but abstraction is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No
abstraction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abstraction is a hypernym of amount; that is, abstraction is a word with a broader meaning than amount:

amount: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

Other hypernyms of amount include abstract entity.

amount (noun)	abstraction (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion	the act of withdrawing or removing something
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	an abstract painting
a quantity of money	a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
	preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
	the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

amount (verb)	abstraction (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality
add up in number or quantity
be tantamount or equivalent to

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