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Multitude vs Amplitude - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between multitude and amplitude

is that multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance while amplitude is the measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

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

    amplitude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
  • * Fuller
  • The cathedral of Lincoln is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
  • * Milton
  • amplitude of mind
  • * Macaulay
  • amplitude of comprehension
  • (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
  • (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
  • (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
  • (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
  • (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.