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Tremendous vs Magnitude - What's the difference?

tremendous | magnitude |

As an adjective tremendous

is awe-inspiring; terrific.

As a noun magnitude is

(uncountable|countable) the absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.

tremendous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • awe-inspiring; terrific.
  • Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
    • Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
  • Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
    • There was a tremendous outpouring of support.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * tremendously

    magnitude

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
  • (countable) An order of magnitude.
  • (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
  • (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
  • (astronomy) The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
  • (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).

    • Derived terms

    * order of magnitude * absolute magnitude * apparent magnitude