extent vs magnitude
magnitude vs extentextent and magnitude both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| extent | Yes | No | No | No |
| magnitude | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
magnitude is a hypernym of
extent; that is, magnitude is a
word with a broader meaning than extent:
- extent: the distance or area or volume over which something extends
- magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
| extent (noun) | magnitude (noun) |
|---|---|
| the distance or area or volume over which something extends | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
| the point or degree to which something extends | relative importance |
| 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 |
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