Finite vs Countable - What's the difference?
finite | countable | Hyponyms |
Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds.
(grammar, as opposed to infinite) limited by person or number.
Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite or finite; having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
Countable is a hyponym of finite.
As adjectives the difference between finite and countable
is that finite is having an end or limit; constrained by bounds while countable is capable of being counted; having a quantity.finite
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb
