Cardinal vs Banderillas - What's the difference?
cardinal | banderillas |
Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
* Shakespeare
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Drayton
(nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three.
*1920 , (Bertrand Russell), Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy , p.83:
*:This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals'. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite ' cardinals is .
(lb) A word used to represent a cardinal number; a cardinal numeral.
*2005 , , (w, Wheelock's Latin) , 6th ed. revised, p.97:
*:The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals ".
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Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See ) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
A shade of scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
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A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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*:Where's your cardinal ! Make haste.
Mulled red wine.
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As nouns the difference between cardinal and banderillas
is that cardinal is (baseball) a player on the st louis cardinals team while banderillas is .cardinal
English
(wikipedia cardinal)Adjective
(en adjective)- a cardinal rule
- But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
- the cardinal intersections of the zodiac
- Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
- a cardinal mark
Noun
(en noun)Friday's Business, passage=His uncle, a Cardinal , engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart,