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Enumerate vs Innumerate - What's the difference?

enumerate | innumerate |

As a verb enumerate

is to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.

As an adjective innumerate is

lacking numeracy.

As a noun innumerate is

one who lacks numeracy skills.

enumerate

English

Verb

(enumerat)
  • To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
  • To determine the amount of.
  • innumerate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking numeracy.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lacks numeracy skills.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=October 6, author=Clyde Haberman, title=Regarding Jonah, Dinkins, Bloomberg and the Importance of a Yankees Victory, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001. }}