relative quantity vs cipher

cipher vs relative quantity

relative quantity and cipher both are nouns.

relative quantity is not a verb while cipher is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relative quantity	Yes	No	No	No
cipher	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

relative quantity: a quantity relative to some purpose
cipher: a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

Other hyponyms of relative quantity include enough, sufficiency, N, normality, absolute majority, majority, plurality, relative majority, aught, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo.

relative quantity (noun)	cipher (noun)
a quantity relative to some purpose	a secret method of writing
	a message written in a secret code
	a person of no influence
	a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
	a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

relative quantity (verb)	cipher (verb)
	make a mathematical calculation or computation
	convert ordinary language into code

Difference between relative quantity and cipher

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