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magnitude vs amount

amount vs magnitude

magnitude and amount both are nouns.

magnitude is not a verb while amount is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
magnitude Yes No No No
amount Yes No Yes No
As nouns, amount is a hyponym of magnitude; that is, amount is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than magnitude:
  • magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
  • amount: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
Other hyponyms of magnitude include absolute magnitude, dimension, proportion, order, order of magnitude, dimension, degree, amplitude, multiplicity, triplicity, size, size, bulk, mass, volume, muchness, intensity, intensity level, strength, extent, subdimension.
magnitude (noun) amount (noun)
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
relative importance the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
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 a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
a quantity of money
magnitude (verb) amount (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality
add up in number or quantity
be tantamount or equivalent to
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