/ ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv; NAmE ˈkwɑːntəteɪt-/ adjective
connected with the amount or number of sth rather than with how good it is :
quantitative analysis / research
There is no difference between the two in quantitative terms.
—compare qualitative
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense having magnitude ): from medieval Latin quantitativus , from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs ), from quantus how great, how much.