The difference between Many and Multiple

When used as nouns, many means a multitude, whereas multiple means a whole number that can be divided by another whole number with no remainder.


Many is also determiner with the meaning: an indefinite large number of.

Many is also pronoun with the meaning: a collective mass of people.

Multiple is also adjective with the meaning: more than one (followed by plural).

check bellow for the other definitions of Many and Multiple

  1. 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."

  2. Many as a pronoun:

    An indefinite large number of people or things.

    Examples:

    "'Many are called, but few are chosen."

  1. Many as a noun:

    A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

  2. Many as a noun:

    A considerable number.

  1. Multiple as an adjective:

    More than one (followed by plural).

    Examples:

    "My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades."

  2. Multiple as an adjective:

    Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).

    Examples:

    "Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship."

    "It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets."

    "'Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites."

  1. Multiple as a noun (mathematics):

    A whole number that can be divided by another whole number with no remainder.

  2. Multiple as a noun (finance):

    Price-earnings ratio.

  3. Multiple as a noun:

    One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

  4. Multiple as a noun:

    A single individual who has multiple personalities.

  5. Multiple as a noun:

    One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.

  6. Multiple as a noun:

    A chain store.

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