As adjectives the difference between countable and measurable
is that countable is capable of being counted; having a quantity while measurable is able to be measured.
As a noun measurable is
that which can be measured; a metric.
countable
English
Adjective
(-)
Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite or finite; having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
Synonyms
* (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) denumerable
Antonyms
* uncountable
Hyponyms
* (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) finite, countably infinite
Hypernyms
* (countably infinite) infinite
Derived terms
* countable set
* countable additivity
Related terms
* countability
See also
* mass noun
* plurale tantum
measurable
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Able to be measured.
Of significant importance.
Related terms
* mensurable
* measurability
Derived terms
* measurable function
* Borel measurable
* Lebesgue measurable
Noun
(
en noun)
That which can be measured; a metric.
