radical vs quantity

quantity vs radical

radical and quantity both are nouns.

radical is an adjective but quantity is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, quantity is a hypernym of radical; that is, quantity is a word with a broader meaning than radical:

radical: (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
quantity: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of radical include amount, measure.

radical (noun)	quantity (noun)
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed	an adequate or large amount
a person who has radical ideas or opinions	the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

radical (adjective)	quantity (adjective)
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
arising from or going to the root or source
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
markedly new or introducing radical change

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