expansion vs magnification

expansion and magnification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expansion	Yes	No	No	No
magnification	Yes	No	No	No

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

expansion: the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
magnification: the act of expanding something in apparent size

Other hyponyms of expansion include dilatation, dilation, distension, distention, stretching, inflation, extension.

expansion (noun)	magnification (noun)
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope	the act of expanding something in apparent size
adding information or detail	a photographic print that has been enlarged
a discussion that provides additional information	making to seem more important than it really is
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms	the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

expansion vs magnification

expansion and magnification both are nouns.

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