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Litany vs Multiplicity - What's the difference?

litany | multiplicity |

As nouns the difference between litany and multiplicity

is that litany is a ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation while multiplicity is the state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

litany

English

Noun

(litanies)
  • A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
  • A prolonged or tedious account.

    • multiplicity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia multiplicity) (multiplicities)
  • the state of being made of multiple diverse elements
  • (mathematics) the number of values for which a given condition holds
  • a large indeterminate number
  • (software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.

    • See also

    * cardinality * manyness