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Eighty vs Seventysomething - What's the difference?

eighty | seventysomething |

As numerals the difference between eighty and seventysomething

is that eighty is the cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in roman numerals as lxxx and in arabic numerals as while seventysomething is between seventy and eighty.

As a noun seventysomething is

(countable|colloquial) a person aged between 70 and 79 years.

eighty

English

Numeral

(head)
  • The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as .

    • Derived terms

    * eightieth

    Related terms

    * eight * eighteen

    See also

    (Symbols for eighty in various numeral systems) * : 80 * : LXXX * * : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Last: seventy-nine, seventy * Next: eighty-one, ninety English cardinal numbers

    seventysomething

    English

    Alternative forms

    *seventy-something

    Noun

  • (countable, colloquial) A person aged between 70 and 79 years.
  • :She was a spritely seventysomething .

    • Numeral

    (head)
  • Between seventy and eighty.

    • References

    * [http://www.seventysomething.org/about70.html]