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Quality vs. Quantity
Quality
/ˈkwɒləti/Examples:
"It is a most repulsive quality, indeed," said he.There's something about quality scholarship that often lacks good salesmanship.Poirot's gaze took on an admiring quality.
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Quantity
/ˈkwɒntəti/Examples:
'I never knew such a quantity!What a quantity!'The bakery ordered a large quantity of flour.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Quality is about the standard or grade of something, whereas quantity is about the amount or number.
- Quality focuses on the characteristics that make something good or bad, while quantity refers to how much of something there is.
- Think of quality as the essence and quantity as the extent.
- When deciding on priority, quality often takes precedence over quantity for products like electronics or food.
- Quality is intrinsic while quantity is extrinsic and countable.
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