concept vs quantity

quantity vs concept

concept and quantity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
concept	Yes	No	No	No
quantity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quantity is a hyponym of concept; that is, quantity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than concept:

concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
quantity: the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

Other hyponyms of concept include conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, notion, category, regulation, rule, attribute, dimension, property, abstract, abstraction, division, part, section, whole, law, natural law, law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, hypothesis, possibility, theory, fact, linguistic rule, rule, adiaphoron, hypostatic union.

concept (noun)	quantity (noun)
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
	an adequate or large amount
	the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

Difference between concept and quantity

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