Differences between Amount, Count, Number and Quantity
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 16
I believe that
- amount should only be used for uncountable things, like "pudding"
- number and count should only be used for countable things, like "baby aardvarks"
- quantity can be used for either, and all of the above are measures of "quantity"