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Counting vs Numbering - What's the difference?

counting | numbering |

As verbs the difference between counting and numbering

is that counting is present participle of lang=en while numbering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between counting and numbering

is that counting is a count; the act by which something is counted while numbering is a sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.

counting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * and counting * counting number * countinghouse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A count; the act by which something is counted.

    • numbering

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
  • The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
  • The action of counting or ordering with numbers.

    • Derived terms

    * autonumbering

    Verb

    (head)