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Quantify vs Counting - What's the difference?

quantify | counting |

As verbs the difference between quantify and counting

is that quantify is to assign a quantity to while counting is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun counting is

a count; the act by which something is counted.

quantify

English

Verb

  • To assign a quantity to.
  • To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
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  • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

    Synonyms

    * (measure the quantity of) quantitate

    counting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * and counting * counting number * countinghouse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A count; the act by which something is counted.