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Smattering vs Multitude - What's the difference?

smattering | multitude |

As nouns the difference between smattering and multitude

is that smattering is a superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject while multitude is a great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.

As a verb smattering

is .

smattering

English

Noun

  • A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
    • She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.
  • A small number or amount of something.
    • There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the second amendment.

    Synonyms

    * (small amount) see also .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    multitude

    English

    (wikipedia multitude)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.
  • *
  • The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses
  • * Pilate, wishing to please the multitude , released Barabbas to them.

    • Synonyms

    * hantel/hantle

    Derived terms

    * multitudinous