Quantity and Scale

Quantity

Quantity noun - A considerable amount.

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Scale and quantity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Quantity".

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Quantity and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quantity" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

old	old quantity	old scale
good	good quantity	good scale
low	low quantity	low scale
exact	exact quantity	exact scale
Other adjectives: mass, certain, average, relative, sheer, small, real, massive, large, big, great, enormous, huge, lower, lesser, limited, vast, greater, larger, realistic, higher, bigger.

Although the implied scale of nuclear power use on Earth (from the huge quantity of high-level waste shipped all the way to the Moon for long-term storage) is rather far-fetched.

Source: Science Marches On
Argentine Literature provides an astounding quantity of examples of Mind Screw, and in a slightly minor scale Knife Fight and Crapsack World, but also excels in Non-Fiction (in fact, the first Non-Fiction novel was Operation Massacre), and Low Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Source: Argentine Literature

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