What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Fifth vs Fifty - What's the difference?

fifth | fifty |

As nouns the difference between fifth and fifty

is that fifth is the person or thing in the fifth position while fifty is a fifty-dollar bill.

As an adjective fifth

is the ordinal form of the number five.

As a proper noun Fifth

is the Fifth Amendment.

As a numeral fifty is

the cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

fifth

English

(wikipedia fifth)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the number five.

    • Synonyms

    * ; (in names of monarchs and popes ) V

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The person or thing in the fifth position.
  • One of five equal parts of a whole.
  • The fifth gear of an engine.
  • A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
  • The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
  • The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

    • Synonyms

    * (one of five equal parts)

    Related terms

    * Fifth Amendment * fifth gear * fifth wheel * take the Fifth English ordinal numbers

    fifty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fiftie (archaic )

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

    • Synonyms

    * : 50 * : L * fitty, fiddy (nonstandard)

    Related terms

    * Ordinal: fiftieth.

    See also

    * Last: forty-nine, forty * Next: fifty-one, sixty

    Noun

    (fifties)
  • (countable) A fifty-dollar bill.
    • Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
  • (countable) A fifty-pound note.
  • (label) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

    • Statistics

    * English cardinal numbers