amount vs magnitude

magnitude vs amount

amount and magnitude both are nouns.

amount is a verb but magnitude is not a verb.

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

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

amount: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

amount (noun)	magnitude (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion	relative importance
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
a quantity of money

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

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