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Measurement vs Multitude - What's the difference?

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Measurement is a related term of multitude.


As nouns the difference between measurement and multitude

is that measurement is the act of measuring while multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.

measurement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of measuring.
  • Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
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    See also

    : A Dictionary of Units of Measurement English adjectives

    multitude

    English

    (wikipedia multitude)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
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    • 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.
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  • 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