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amplitude vs magnitude

magnitude vs amplitude

amplitude and magnitude both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
amplitude Yes No No No
magnitude Yes No No No
As nouns, magnitude is a hypernym of amplitude; that is, magnitude is a word with a broader meaning than amplitude:
  • amplitude: greatness of magnitude
  • magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
amplitude (noun) magnitude (noun)
greatness of magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
the property of copious abundance relative importance
(physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave 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
Difference between amplitude and magnitude

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