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Many vs Sliver - What's the difference?

many | sliver |

As nouns the difference between many and sliver

is that many is a multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd while sliver is a long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

As a determiner many

is an indefinite large number of.

As a pronoun many

is a collective mass of people.

As a verb sliver is

to cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

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,.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}

    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.

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    sliver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.
  • *:A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).
  • A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
  • Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
  • (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

    • Synonyms

    * (long piece cut or rent off) shard, slice, splinter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
    • to sliver wood
    (Shakespeare)
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • They'll sliver thee like a turnip.

    Anagrams

    * *