Profusion vs Amplitude - What's the difference?
profusion | amplitude |
abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
* Fuller
* Milton
* Macaulay
(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.
As nouns the difference between profusion and amplitude
is that profusion is abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia while amplitude is the measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.profusion
English
Noun
(en noun)- His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
- We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
amplitude
English
(wikipedia amplitude)Noun
(en noun)- The cathedral of Lincoln is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
- amplitude of mind
- amplitude of comprehension