different between addition vs advantage

English

Etymology

Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Old French adition, from Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additi?, from add? (“add, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d???n/, /æ?d???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)

Noun

addition (countable and uncountable, plural additions)

1. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. Anything that is added.
3. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
6. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

Synonyms

• (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
• (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

• (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
• (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
• (arithmetic operation): subtraction

Coordinate terms

• succession
• multiplication
• exponentiation
• tetration
• pentation
• hexation

Derived terms

• additional

Related terms

• add
• adder

Translations

See also

• plus sign (+)
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend strict sense) = (addend broad sense) + (addend broad sense) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference, remainder)
• multiplication: (multiplier, multiplicator) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Danish

Noun

addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)

1. (arithmetics) addition, act of adding

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin additi?, additi?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.di.sj??/
• Homophone: additions
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

addition f (plural additions)

1. addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
2. bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)

Descendants

• ? Turkish: adisyon

Further reading

• “addition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dodinait

Swedish

Etymology

Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additio.

Noun

addition c

1. (mathematics) an addition

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• advauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?v??n.t?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?væn.(t)?d?/

Noun

advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)

1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

4. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Synonyms

• foredeal, benefit, value, edge
• vantage

Antonyms

• disadvantage, drawback

Derived terms