Mutual vs Multiple - What's the difference?
mutual | multiple |
As adjectives the difference between mutual and multiple is that mutual is having the same relationship, each to each other while multiple is multiple. As a noun mutual is a mutual fund, etc.
mutual English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)
* (obsolete)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
- They were mutual enemies.
Reciprocal.
- They had mutual fear of each other.
Possessed in common.
- They had a mutual love of the same woman.
Owned by the members.
Anagrams
*
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multiple Adjective
( en adjective)
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, particularly many.
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Synonyms
* (l)
* (l)
* (l)
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Antonyms
* (many) (l) (rare)
Derived terms
* Law of multiple proportion (Law of Dalton)
* multiple algebra
* multiple conjugation
* multiple exposure
* multiple fruits
* multiple orgasm
* multiple star
Related terms
* multi-
* multiplier
* multiplicity
* multiply
Noun
( en noun)
(mathematics) A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.
* 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
(finance) Price-earnings ratio.
One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
A single individual who has multiple personalities.
* 2010 , Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar
- I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
* 2000 , Henk Driessen, ?Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification (page 115)
- Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world.
Derived terms
* common multiple
* least common multiple
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