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Magnitude vs Duration - What's the difference?

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Magnitude is a related term of duration.


As nouns the difference between magnitude and duration

is that magnitude is (uncountable|countable) the absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something while duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval.

magnitude

English

Noun

  • (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).
  • Derived terms

    * order of magnitude * absolute magnitude * apparent magnitude

    duration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount of time or a particular time interval.
  • The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
  • Rationing will last at least for the duration .
  • (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
  • See also

    * * (Bond duration) * dictionary.reference.com entry