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Multitude vs Bevy - What's the difference?

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Multitude is a related term of bevy.


As nouns the difference between multitude and bevy

is that multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance while bevy is a group of animals, in particular quail.

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

    bevy

    English

    Noun

    (bevies)
  • A group of animals, in particular quail.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • A large group or collection.
  • A group of female humans. Used chiefly of schoolgirls.