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Bunch vs Quantity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bunch and quantity

is that bunch is a group of a number of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together while quantity is a fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

As a verb bunch

is to gather into a bunch.

bunch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A group of a number of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
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  • (lb) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
  • An informal body of friends.
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  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch —the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  • (lb) A considerable amount.
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  • (lb) An unmentioned amount; a number.
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  • (lb) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
  • An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
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  • (lb) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
  • An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
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  • A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
  • *(Bible), (w) xxx. 6
  • *:They will carrytheir treasures upon the bunches of camels.
  • Synonyms

    * (group of similar things) cluster, group * (informal body of friends) pack, group, gang, circle * (unusual concentration of ore) ore pocket, pocket, pocket of ore, kidney, nest, nest of ore, ore bunch, bunch of ore

    Derived terms

    * buncha (bunch of)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To gather into a bunch.
  • To gather fabric into folds.
  • To form a bunch.
  • To be gathered together in folds
  • To protrude or swell
  • * Woodward
  • Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.

    Synonyms

    * (form a bunch) cluster, group

    Derived terms

    * bunch up

    quantity

    Noun

    (quantities)
  • A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
  • You have to choose between quantity and quality.
  • An indefinite amount of something.
  • Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity''' in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small '''quantity .
    Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity .
  • A specific measured amount.
  • This bag would normally costs $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
    Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
  • A considerable measure or amount.
  • The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
  • (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
  • (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
  • x plus ''y'' quantity squared equals ''x'' squared plus ''2xy'' plus ''y'' squared .
  • * 2006 , Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach , p 89
  • For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression.
    (...)
    65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
  • * 2005 , R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences , p137
  • The second, (\sum x)^2, read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get \sum x and then square \sum x to get (\sum x)^2.
  • * 1985 , Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students , p54
  • ANN. ra quantity cubed.
    SERGE LANG. That's right, (ra)^3.

    Usage notes

    * In mathematics, used to unambiguously orate mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.

    Synonyms

    * Qty

    See also

    * measure * unit