system of measurement vs amount

amount vs system of measurement

system of measurement and amount both are nouns.

system of measurement is not a verb while amount is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
system of measurement	Yes	No	No	No
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, amount is a hypernym of system of measurement; that is, amount is a word with a broader meaning than system of measurement:

system of measurement: a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
amount: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of system of measurement include measure, quantity.

system of measurement (noun)	amount (noun)
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
	the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
	a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
	a quantity of money

system of measurement (verb)	amount (verb)
	to measure up to in kind or quality
	add up in number or quantity
	be tantamount or equivalent to

Difference between system of measurement and amount

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