Amount vs. Extent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Amount and Extent
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Amount
A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent
The substance is harmless if taken in small amounts
Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people
Extent
The area covered by something
An enclosure ten acres in extent
Amount
Come to be (the total) when added together
Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds
Extent
The particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case
Decision-making was to a large extent outside his control
Everyone will have to compromise to some extent
Amount
The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
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Extent
The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends
Landowners unaware of the extent of their own holdings.
Amount
A number; a sum.
Extent
The degree to which a thing extends
Prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Amount
A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
Extent
An extensive space or area
An extent of desert.
Amount
The full effect or meaning; import.
Extent
In Great Britain, a writ allowing a creditor to seize a debtor's property temporarily.
Amount
Quantity
A great amount of intelligence.
Extent
The seizure in execution of such a writ.
Amount
To add up in number or quantity
The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
Extent
(Archaic) An assessment or valuation, as of land in Britain, especially for taxation.
Amount
To add up in import or effect
That plan will never amount to anything.
Extent
A range of values or locations.
Amount
To be equivalent or tantamount
Accusations that amount to an indictment.
Extent
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
Amount
The total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English.
The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
Extent
(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
Amount
A quantity or volume.
Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
The dogs need different amounts of food.
Extent
The valuation of property.
Amount
The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Extent
(legal) A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
Amount
To total or evaluate.
It amounts to three dollars and change.
Extent
A former tent; something (or someone) that was a tent but no longer is
Amount
To be the same as or equivalent to.
He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
His response amounted to gross insubordination
Extent
(obsolete) Extended.
Amount
To go up; to ascend.
Extent
Extended.
Amount
To go up; to ascend.
So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
Extent
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
Life in its large extent is scare a span.
Amount
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; - with to or unto.
Extent
Degree; measure; proportion.
Amount
To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
Extent
A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
Amount
To signify; to amount to.
Extent
The point or degree to which something extends;
The extent of the damage
The full extent of the law
To a certain extent she was right
Amount
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
Extent
The distance or area or volume over which something extends;
The vast extent of the desert
An orchard of considerable extent
Amount
The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
The whole amount of that enormous fame.
Amount
How much of something is available;
An adequate amount of food for four people
Amount
A quantity of money;
He borrowed a large sum
The amount he had in cash was insufficient
Amount
How much there is of something that you can quantify
Amount
A quantity obtained by addition
Amount
Be tantamount or equivalent to;
Her action amounted to a rebellion
Amount
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Amount
Develop into;
This idea will never amount to anything
Nothing came of his grandiose plans
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