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Amount is a related term of shred.


As nouns the difference between amount and shred

is that amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard english) while shred is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

As verbs the difference between amount and shred

is that amount is to total or evaluate while shred is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.

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

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    shred

    English

    (wikipedia shred)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • shreds of tanned leather
  • In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
    • There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
    (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * screed

    Verb

  • To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
    • (Chaucer)
  • *
  • (obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
  • (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  • (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

    • Derived terms

    * shredder

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