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Magnitude vs Multitude - What's the difference?

magnitude | multitude |

As nouns the difference between magnitude and multitude

is that magnitude is the absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something while multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.

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

    multitude

    English

    (wikipedia multitude)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.
  • *
  • The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses
  • * Pilate, wishing to please the multitude , released Barabbas to them.

    • Synonyms

    * hantel/hantle

    Derived terms

    * multitudinous