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Maximum vs Threshold - What's the difference?

maximum | threshold |

As nouns the difference between maximum and threshold

is that maximum is while threshold is the bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

maximum

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The highest limit.
  • * P. Colquhoun
  • Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
  • (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
  • (analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  • (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
  • (colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
  • (colloquial, darts) A score of with three darts.
  • (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.

    Hypernyms

    * (statistics) measure of location

    Synonyms

    * max

    Antonyms

    * minimum

    Adjective

    (-)
  • To the highest degree.
  • Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.

    Derived terms

    * antimaximum * global maximum * local maximum * maximal * maximize * maximum break * maximum limit * submaximum

    threshold

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
  • (by extension) An entrance
  • The start of the landing area of a runway
  • (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
  • The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
  • The outset of an action or project
  • The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
  • The point of beginning or entry
  • From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.