Five vs Fife - What's the difference?
five | fife |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••)
The digit/figure 5.
(US) A five-dollar bill.
Anything measuring five units, as length.
A person who is five years old.
five o'clock
A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
As nouns the difference between five and fife
is that five is the digit/figure 5 while fife is a small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.As a numeral five
is a numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••.As a verb fife is
to play this instrument.As a proper noun Fife is
a traditional county of Scotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.five
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*Noun
(en noun)- He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
- Can anyone here change a five ?
- All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
- The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
- See you at five .
- Take five , soldier.