Quantify vs Quantitative - What's the difference?
quantify | quantitative |
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
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Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
As a verb quantify
is to assign a quantity to.As an adjective quantitative is
of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.quantify
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