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amount | degree |

As nouns the difference between amount and degree

is that amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English while degree is a step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.

As a verb amount

is to total or evaluate.

amount

English

(Quantity)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
  • A quantity or volume.
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  • The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
  • * 2001 , Gisella Gori, Towards an EU right to education , page 195:
    • The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.

    Derived terms

    * principal amount * notional amount

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To total or evaluate.
    • It amounts to three dollars and change.
  • To be the same as or equivalent to.
    • He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
    His response amounted to gross insubordination
  • (obsolete) To go up; to ascend.
  • * Spenser
    • So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.

    Derived terms

    * amount to

    See also

    * extent * magnitude * measurement * number * quantity * size

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words

    degree

    English

    (wikipedia degree)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
  • An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
  • A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Luke XX:
    • Master, we knowe that thou sayest, and teachest ryght, nether considerest thou eny mannes degre , but techest the waye of god truely.
  • (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 140:
    • Louis created the École militaire in Paris in 1751, in which 500 scholarships were designated for noblemen able to prove four degrees of noble status.
  • * 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
    • If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree , some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
  • The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
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  • A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
  • (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
  • (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
  • (mathematics) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
  • (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
  • (surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.

    • Synonyms

    * (unit of angle) * (unit of temperature)

    Derived terms

    * academic degree * advanced degree * bachelor's degree * degree Celsius * degree centigrade * degree days * degree of frost * degree Fahrenheit * first degree burn * master's degree * second degree burn

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Usage notes

    * A person who is engaged in a course of study leading to the earning of a degree can be described (in the present progressive tense) as "doing a degree" in British English, and as "getting a degree" in American English. For example, in American English, "She is currently getting''' her master's degree at State University."'' In British English, ''"I am still confused about when to use 'an' instead of 'a'. Is it an hour or a hour, and if someone is '''doing a master's degree in arts, is it an MA or a MA?" ( Ask Oxford.Com - Ask the Experts - Frequently Asked Questions (Grammar)).

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