Large vs Amount - What's the difference?
large | amount |
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
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(obsolete) Abundant; ample.
* Milton
(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
* Felton
(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
* Fairfax
(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
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(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
A thousand dollars.
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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As nouns the difference between large and amount
is that large is an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves while amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English.As an adjective large
is of considerable or relatively great size or extent.As a verb amount is
to total or evaluate.large
English
Adjective
(er)- We have yet large day.
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .
- Some large jests he will make.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See alsoAntonyms
* small, tiny, minusculeDerived terms
* as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largishNoun
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .
Derived terms
* at largeExternal links
* *Statistics
*amount
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.