Augment vs Amplification - What's the difference?
augment | amplification |
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(grammar) To add an augment to.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
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 augment and amplification
is that augment is (grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb while amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.As a verb augment
is to increase; to make larger or supplement.augment
English
Verb
(en verb)- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.