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Estimation vs Quantify - What's the difference?

estimation | quantify |

As a noun estimation

is the process of making an estimate.

As a verb quantify is

to assign a quantity to.

estimation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making an estimate.
  • The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
  • Esteem or favourable regard.

    • Derived terms

    * estimate

    Related terms

    * esteem

    quantify

    English

    Verb

  • To assign a quantity to.
  • To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

    Synonyms

    * (measure the quantity of) quantitate