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Amplified vs Amplifier - What's the difference?

amplified | amplifier |

As a verb amplified

is (amplify).

As a noun amplifier is

anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.

amplified

English

Verb

(head)
  • (amplify)

  • amplify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • (rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • * Dryden
  • Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
  • amplifier

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
  • (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
  • (US, music) An amp, specifically a particular type of speaker housed in a portable encasement used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
  • Derived terms

    () * error amplifier * power amplifier * tube amplifier * valve amplifier

    See also

    * gain ----