quantity vs number vs amount
Definitions
noun
- the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- an adequate or large amount
Examples
The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.
The distich caused discussion regarding the quantity of "hic", but the pope defended the prosody of Voltaire who confirmed his opinion by a quotation from Virgil which he said ought to be the epitaph of
The food fares well in terms of freshness, quantity and effort, and there's a made-to-order pasta bar and a station where roast beef is carved before your eyes.
Definitions
noun
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a clothing measurement
- one of a series published periodically
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- a numbered item in a series
verb
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- place a limit on the number of
- enumerate
- add up in number or quantity
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
Definitions
noun
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- 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 of money
verb
- be tantamount or equivalent to
- add up in number or quantity
- develop into
Examples
The total sales of the company didn't amount to more than a few million dollars.
Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse.
His eyes have a certain amount of little-boy-lost about them and his slightly nervy, jumpy presence also helps him appear a lot younger than his 43 years.
