Difference between Treble and Multiple

What is the difference between Treble and Multiple?

Treble as an adjective is threefold, triple. while Multiple as an adjective is having more than one element, part, component or function

Treble

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Threefold, triple. Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano. High in pitch; shrill.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount. To make a shrill or high-pitched noise. To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment. Three victories, awards etc.

Multiple

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having more than one element, part, component or function

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder; thus 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7Price-earnings ratio.One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

Example sentence: The way we imagine discrimination or disempowerment often is more complicated for people who are subjected to multiple forms of exclusion. The good news is that intersectionality provides us a way to see it.

We hope you now know whether to use Treble or Multiple in your sentence.

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