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Magnificence vs Magnification - What's the difference?

magnificence | magnification |

As nouns the difference between magnificence and magnification

is that magnificence is grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor while magnification is the act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

magnificence

English

Noun

  • grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
  • The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
  • impressiveness

    • magnification

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
  • The apparent enlargement of an object in an image.

    • Antonyms

    * minification (opposite)

    See also

    * ("magnification" on Wikipedia) (Webster 1913)