different between hundredfold vs trillionfold

English

Etymology

From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred +? -fold.

Adjective

hundredfold (not comparable)

1. Multiplied by a hundred.

Translations

Adverb

hundredfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of one hundred.

Translations

Verb

hundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)

1. To increase to hundred times as much; to multiply by hundred.

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hundredfald, hundyrdfold, hondrethfolde, hundredfeld, hundreþfold, hundret fald, hundrefold, hundrid fold, hundred fold, hundred folde, hundredfolde, hundreth-fald

Etymology

From hundred +? -fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hundr?d?f??ld/, /?hundr???f??ld/, /?hund?r?f??ld/, /-f??ld/

Adjective

hundredfold

1. hundredfold

Descendants

• English: hundredfold

References

• “hundredf?ld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

hundredfold

1. hundredfold

Descendants

• English: hundredfold

References

• “hundredf?ld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

trillion +? -fold

Adjective

trillionfold (not comparable)

1. By a multiple of one trillion; by a trillion times as much or as many.

   The volume occupied by the star's exploding gases underwent a trillionfold increase.

Adverb

trillionfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of one trillion.

   The national debt has ballooned trillionfold in the past century.

Related terms

• hundredfold
• thousandfold
• millionfold
• billionfold

Usage notes

Both the adjective and the adverb are often used as hyperbole, indicating not literally a trillion, but rather some vague inestimable number or amount.