Alphanumeric vs Alphabetical - What's the difference?
alphanumeric | alphabetical |
consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and
consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
* 1986 , Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman ?, page 486
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
(obsolete) literal
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between alphanumeric and alphabetical
is that alphanumeric is consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters a to z (lowercase and uppercase) and while alphabetical is pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.As a noun alphanumeric
is an alphanumeric character.alphanumeric
English
(wikipedia alphanumeric)Adjective
(-)alphabetical
English
Adjective
(-)- Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- Alphabetical servility.
