Majority vs Multitude - What's the difference?
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More than half (50%) of some group
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The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
(dated) Legal adulthood
(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major
Ancestors; ancestry.
A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
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The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses
* Pilate, wishing to please the multitude , released Barabbas to them.
As nouns the difference between majority and multitude
is that majority is more than half (50%) of some group while multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.majority
English
(wikipedia majority)Noun
(majorities)- The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
- Those opposing the building plans were in the majority , so the building project was canceled.
- The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
- By the time I reached my majority , I had already been around the world twice.
- On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority .
Usage notes
* Majority in the sense of "more than half" is used with countable nouns only; for example, "The majority of the members of the committee were in favour of the motion." It is incorrect to use with it uncountable nouns, as in "The majority of the world is covered with water." In the latter case, it is preferable to use expressions such as "the larger part of" or "most of" instead of the "the majority of",Antonyms
* (more than half) minorityDerived terms
* by a majority * dictatorship of the majority * double majority * majority leader * majority rule * silent majority * simple majority * supermajority * tyranny of the majoritySee also
* mostmultitude
English
(wikipedia multitude)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
