Amount versus Number
Sometimes we encounter words that through have very different pronunciation and spelling seems to have same meaning. And if we encountered them at same time things really becomes bit confused as we don’t know what term to be used exactly. In this article we are going to talk about such two terms only namely amount and number. As we can see both appears to points towards same direction but is there any difference between two?
In this article we are going to see meanings of the term described above and also we are going to use them in sentence making for better understanding.
Use of the term amount and number in sentence making
Amount |
Number |
Amount as a noun |
Number as a noun |
Term refers to a quantity or total of something. It is used to express the sum or measurement of objects, substances, or concepts. Amount can be used for both countable and uncountable nouns
Use in sentences The sheer amount of data Sam collected from his experiments is going to require extensive analysis.
The small amount of rain Sam’s farm received will help him relieve the drought conditions, but he needs more.
Sam will you please, check the amount on the bill to ensure it’s accurate before making the payment. |
Term also refers to denote quantity however it is important to note that the term number is only be sued for countable noun.
Use in sentences Sam’s phone number is easy to remember because it contains repeating digits.
Sam, please add the numbers on the list to get the total
The number of attendees at the Sam’s concert exceeded our expectations |
Important note
As in the above segment of the article we have seen the meaning and also framed sentences using all the terms there is one more usage of both the term.
Amount is also used as a verb as it used to denote equal to. For example
This year my housing rent amount’s to twice of my saving.
Same is the case with term number it can be also used as a verb here the term refer to add up something.
The only difference between both the terms is amount is used for both countable and non countable quality and number is only used for countable quantity.
As we have seen meaning of both the terms and also created sentences using both the terms let’s now jump to correct pronunciation of the terms
Amount is pronounced as uh-mount
Number is pronounced as nuhm-ber
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Summary
To quickly summarize our learning from this article first we learnt meaning of both the terms where the term amount and number both refers to quantity of something the only thing is amount can be used for both countable and non countable term where as number can only be used for countable term. We also framed sentences using both the terms and ended the article by learning the correct pronunciation of both the terms.
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