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Amplification vs Widening - What's the difference?

amplification | widening | Synonyms |

Amplification is a synonym of widening.


As nouns the difference between amplification and widening

is that amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding while widening is the action of the verb widen.

As an adjective widening is

of things that are growing wider.

As a verb widening is

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amplification

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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)
  • widening

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of things that are growing wider.
  • Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
  • The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.

    Quotations

    * 1920 — *: Turning and turning in the widening gyre
    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb widen.
  • * 1887 — , Olalla
  • She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.

    Verb

    (head)