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Dyscalculia vs Innumerate - What's the difference?

dyscalculia | innumerate |

As nouns the difference between dyscalculia and innumerate

is that dyscalculia is (pathology) difficulty with numbers and in doing arithmetic while innumerate is one who lacks numeracy skills.

As an adjective innumerate is

lacking numeracy.

dyscalculia

English

Noun

  • (pathology) Difficulty with numbers and in doing arithmetic.

    • See also

    * acalculia

    innumerate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking numeracy.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lacks numeracy skills.
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    • , passage=Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001. }}