qualitative, quantitative
- qualitative, quantitative
These "look-alikes" are often confused but are easy to keep straight. Qualitative has to do only with quality (characteristics, properties, attributes): "Qualitative analysis enables a chemist to discover what elements are in a given substance." "On a qualitative basis, this skein of wool is superior to that one." Quantitative has to do only with quantity (amount, measure, size, volume): "Quantitative analysis enables a chemist to discover the amounts and proportions of constituents in a given substance." "On a quantitative basis, this skein of wool is superior to that one because it is 5 yards longer."
Dictionary of problem words and expressions.
Harry Shaw.
1975.
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Quantitative — Analysis A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quantitative analysis — Analysis A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Qualitative — Analysis A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
qualitative — Analysis A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
qualitative — See qualitative, quantitative … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
quantitative — See qualitative, quantitative … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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