Considerable vs Magnitude - What's the difference?
considerable | magnitude |
Significant; worth considering.
Large in amount.
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, chapter=19 (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
(countable) An order of magnitude.
(mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
(mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
(astronomy) The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
(seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
As an adjective considerable
is considerable.As a noun magnitude is
(uncountable|countable) the absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.considerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
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