What is the difference between capacity and amount?

Answer 1

Capacity is a measure of the quantity that a container can hold. There need not be anything in the container. The amount is some measure of an object - it can be the value (amount of money), volume (amount of water), mass (amount of matter).

Answer 2

Capacity is the maximum that something can contain.

Amount is a quantity of something.

Capacity is what it can hold, amount is what it does hold.

Answer 3

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