Many vs Omnibus - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between many and omnibus

is that many is a multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd while omnibus is public bus.

As a determiner many

is an indefinite large number of.

As a pronoun many

is a collective mass of people.

many

English

(wikipedia many)

Determiner

An indefinite large number of.

*Bible, (w) xvii.4:

*:Thou shalt be a father of many nations.

*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.

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Usage notes

Many'' is used with plural nouns only (except in the combination many a). Its singular counterpart is much, which is used with uncountable nouns. ''Many'' and ''much merge in the comparison forms, which are more and most for both determiners.

Antonyms

* few

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)

A collective mass of people.

An indefinite large number of people or things.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

Antonyms

* few

Derived terms

* how many * many a * so many

Quotations

* 1611 — (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Noun

(manies)

A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

A considerable number.

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Anagrams

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omnibus

English

Noun

(wikipedia omnibus)

(lb) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).

*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus , cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

*1911',

*:"Please, is that an omnibus ?" / "Omnibus est," said the driver, without turning round.

*1959 , (Michael Flanders), (At the Drop of a Hat)

*:Omnibus , my friend Mr. Swann informs me, comes from the Latin omnibus , meaning to or for by with or from everybody, which is a very good description. Well, this song is about a bus, it's wittily subtitled—I thought of this—'A Transport of Delight'.

*1988 , (Rowan Atkinson) as Ebenezer Blackadder in "(w, Blackadder's Christmas Carol) ", written by (Richard Curtis) and (Ben Elton):

*:Baldrick, I want you to take this [money] and go out, and buy a turkey so large you'd think its mother had been rogered by an omnibus .

An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.

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(lb) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.

Derived terms

* bus

Adjective

(-)
Containing multiple items.

The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.

Verb

To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
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