The difference between Dozen and Many
When used as nouns, dozen means a set of twelve, whereas many means a multitude.
Many is also determiner with the meaning: an indefinite large number of.
Many is also pronoun with the meaning: a collective mass of people.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dozen and Many
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Dozen as a noun:
A set of twelve.
Examples:
"Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"
"I ordered two dozen doughnuts."
"There shouldn't be more than two dozen Christmas cards left to write."
"Pack the shirts in dozens, please."
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Dozen as a noun (as plural only, always followed by ''[[of]]''):
A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
Examples:
"There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page."
"There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted."
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Dozen as a noun (metallurgy):
An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
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Many as a pronoun:
A collective mass of people.
Examples:
"Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many'"
"A great many do not understand this."
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Many as a pronoun:
An indefinite large number of people or things.
Examples:
"'Many are called, but few are chosen."
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Many as a noun:
A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
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Many as a noun:
A considerable number.