Magnitude vs. Scope — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Magnitude and Scope
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Magnitude
Greatness of rank or position
"such duties as were expected of a landowner of his magnitude" (Anthony Powell).
Scope
The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions
Broaden one's scope by reading.
Magnitude
Greatness in size or extent
The magnitude of the flood was impossible to comprehend.
Scope
The opportunity or possibility to function or be active
Gave her imagination broad scope.
Magnitude
Greatness in significance or influence
Was shocked by the magnitude of the crisis.
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Scope
The extent of a given activity or subject that is involved, treated, or relevant
The scope of the debate.
Magnitude
The brightness of a celestial body on a numerical scale for which brighter objects have smaller values. Differences in magnitude are based on a logarithmic scale that matches the response of the human eye to differences in brightness so that a decrease of one magnitude represents an increase in apparent brightness by a factor of 2.512. Also called apparent magnitude.
Scope
The length or sweep of a mooring cable.
Magnitude
A unit on such a scale of brightness.
Scope
(Linguistics) The range over a part of a sentence or discourse that a quantifier has an effect on.
Magnitude
A number assigned to a quantity so that it may be compared with other quantities.
Scope
A viewing instrument such as a periscope, microscope, or telescope.
Magnitude
A property that can be described by a real number, such as the volume of a sphere or the length of a vector.
Scope
To examine or investigate, especially visually
Scoped the landscape for signs of wildlife.
Magnitude
(Geology) A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake, as indicated on the Richter scale.
Scope
To examine using an optical instrument such as a telescope or an endoscope
Scoped the stars around Orion.
Scoped the patient's esophagus.
Magnitude
The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
Scope
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
Magnitude
(countable) An order of magnitude.
Scope
(weapons) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Magnitude
(mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
Scope
Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
Magnitude
(mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
Scope
(programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
Magnitude
(astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
Scope
(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
Magnitude
(uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
Scope
(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
The scope of an adverb
Magnitude
(countable) A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
Scope
(slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
Magnitude
(seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
Scope
Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Magnitude
Extent of dimensions; size; - applied to things that have length, breadth, and thickness.
Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed amongst themselves, that the intervals of empty spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to them all.
Scope
(obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.
Magnitude
That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
Scope
To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
Magnitude
Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.
Scope
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
Magnitude
Greatness; grandeur.
Scope
To define the scope of something.
Magnitude
Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
The magnitude of his designs.
Scope
(programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
Magnitude
See magnitude of a star, below.
Scope
(informal) To examine under a microscope.
The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
Magnitude
The property of relative size or extent;
They tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
Scope
To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Magnitude
A number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
Scope
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
Your scope is as mine own,So to enforce or qualify the lawsAs to your soul seems good.
The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church.
Magnitude
Relative importance;
A problem of the first magnitude
Scope
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Give him line and scope.
In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of.
Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind.
An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope.
Scope
Extended area.
Scope
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
Scope
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
Scope
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
The range of a supersonic jet
The ambit of municipal legislation
Within the compass of this article
Within the scope of an investigation
Outside the reach of the law
In the political orbit of a world power
Scope
The state of the environment in which a situation exists;
You can't do that in a university setting
Scope
A magnifier of images of distant objects
Scope
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
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