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Enumeration vs Numbering - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between enumeration and numbering

is that enumeration is the act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting while numbering is a sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.

As a verb numbering is

present participle of lang=en.

enumeration

English

(wikipedia enumeration)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  • A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
  • A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
  • (computing) A set of named constants.

    • Synonyms

    * (set of named constants) enum

    Anagrams

    * mountaineer

    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)