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Multifaceted vs Multitude - What's the difference?

multifaceted | multitude |

As an adjective multifaceted

is having multiple facets.

As a noun multitude is

a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.

multifaceted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having multiple facets.
    • The diamond had a multifaceted cut.
  • Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
    • Joanne was a multifaceted individual; she knew how to bargain both with Wall Street brokers and push-cart vendors.

    multitude

    English

    (wikipedia multitude)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • 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.
  • *
  • 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