Countable vs Obsolete - What's the difference?
countable | obsolete |
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.
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
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, title= (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
(US)
As adjectives the difference between countable and obsolete
is that countable is capable of being counted; having a quantity while obsolete is obsolete, deprecated (computing).countable
English
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) denumerableAntonyms
* uncountableHyponyms
* (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) finite, countably infiniteHypernyms
* (countably infinite) infiniteDerived terms
* countable set * countable additivitySee also
* mass noun * plurale tantumobsolete
English
Adjective
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Usage notes
* Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.Synonyms
* (no longer in use) ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, disused, neglected, old, old-fashioned, out of date * abortive, obscure, rudimentalDerived terms
* obsoletenessVerb
(obsolet)Oxford DictionaryTo cause to become obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted .
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.