Edition vs. Volume

Edition vs. Volume — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Edition and Volume

Editionnoun

The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.

Volumenoun

A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.

Editionnoun

A single copy from this group.

Volumenoun

One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.

Editionnoun

The form in which a publication is issued

a paperback edition of a novel.an annotated edition of Shakespeare.

Volumenoun

A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.

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Editionnoun

A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions

a newly revised edition of a standard reference work.

Volumenoun

A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library.

Editionnoun

All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper

the morning edition.the Sunday edition.

Volumenoun

A roll of parchment; a scroll.

Editionnoun

A broadcast of a radio or television news program

Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news.

Volumenoun

The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.

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Editionnoun

The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set

a limited edition of early jazz recordings.a signed edition of a group of lithographs.

Volumenoun

The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.

Editionnoun

Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented

this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.

Volumenoun

Amount; quantity:a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.

Editionnoun

One that closely resembles an original; a version

The boy was a smaller edition of his father.

Volumenoun

oftenvolumesA large amount:volumes of praise.

Editionnoun

(publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner.

Volumenoun

The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

Editionnoun

The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.

The first edition was soon sold.

Volumenoun

A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

Editionnoun

(sport) A particular instance of an event.

The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Volumenoun

A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.

The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.

Editionnoun

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

Volumenoun

Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.

Please turn down the volume on the stereo.

Editionnoun

all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time;

the first edition appeared in 1920it was too late for the morning editionthey issued a limited edition of Bach recordings

Volumenoun

The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.

I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.

Editionnoun

an issue of a newspaper;

he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times

Volumenoun

A bound book.

Editionnoun

something a little different from others of the same type;

an experimental version of the night fighteran emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstonethe boy is a younger edition of his father

Volumenoun

A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

The letter "G" was found in volume 4.

Volumenoun

Quantity.

The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.

Volumenoun

(economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.

Volumenoun

(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

Volumeverb

(intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft.

Volumeverb

(transitive) To cause to move through the air, waft.

Volumenoun

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object;

the gas expanded to twice its original volume

Volumenoun

the property of something that is great in magnitude;

it is cheaper to buy it in bulkhe received a mass of correspondencethe volume of exports

Volumenoun

physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;

he used a large book as a doorstop

Volumenoun

a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications;

the third volume was missinghe asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review

Volumenoun

a relative amount;

mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water

Volumenoun

the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);

the kids played their music at full volume