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Quality vs. Quantity
Quality
/ˈkwɒləti/Examples:
The dress is of good quality.Quality time with family is important.
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Quantity
/ˈkwɒntəti/Examples:
I need a large quantity of apples.The recipe needs a small quantity of salt.
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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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