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amount vs margin

margin vs amount

amount and margin both are nouns.

amount is a verb but margin is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
amount Yes No Yes No
margin Yes No No No
As nouns, margin is a hyponym of amount; that is, margin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amount:
  • amount: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  • margin: an amount beyond the minimum necessary
Other hyponyms of amount include positiveness, positivity, negativeness, negativity, critical mass, quantity, increase, increment, decrease, decrement, smallness, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, figure, number.
amount (noun) margin (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify an amount beyond the minimum necessary
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
a quantity of money the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
amount (verb) margin (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality
add up in number or quantity
be tantamount or equivalent to
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