relative quantity vs plurality

plurality vs relative quantity

relative quantity and plurality both are nouns.

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

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

relative quantity: a quantity relative to some purpose
plurality: (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less than half of the votes)

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

relative quantity (noun)	plurality (noun)
a quantity relative to some purpose	(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less than half of the votes)
	a large indefinite quantity
	the state of being plural

Difference between relative quantity and plurality

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