Addition vs Amplification - What's the difference?
addition | amplification |
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding
(physics) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current
(electronics) gain
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)
As nouns the difference between addition and amplification
is that addition is the act of adding anything while amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.addition
English
(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
