Breadth vs Amount - What's the difference?
breadth | amount | Related terms |
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
(math) (graph theory ) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph
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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To total or evaluate.
To be the same as or equivalent to.
(obsolete) To go up; to ascend.
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Breadth is a related term of amount.
As nouns the difference between breadth and amount
is that breadth is the extent or measure of how broad or wide something is while amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard english).As a verb amount is
to total or evaluate.breadth
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (extent or measure of how broad something is) width * (piece of fabric of standard width) * (scope or range) extent, range, scope, sizeDerived terms
* acre breadth * bizygomatic breadth * breadth of accommodation * breadthen * breadth-first search * breadth-first traversal * breadth-height index * breadth index * breadth indicator * breadthless * breadth-line * breadth of effect * breadth of market * breadth-of-market theory * breadth of mind * breadth of the market * breadth of tone * breadth-riders * breadthways * breadthwise * curve of constant breadth * finger-breadth, fingerbreadth * finger's breadth * foot-breadth, footbreadth * hairbreadth * hair's breadth, hairsbreadth * handbreadth, hand's breadth, handsbreadth * index of breadth * straw-breadth, straw's breadthamount
English
(Quantity)Noun
(en noun)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
- 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 amountVerb
(en verb)- It amounts to three dollars and change.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- His response amounted to gross insubordination
- So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.