Finitude vs Limited - What's the difference?
finitude | limited |
The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
(limit)
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
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As a noun finitude
is the state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.As a verb limited is
(limit).As an adjective limited is
with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.finitude
English
Noun
(-)Usage notes
Finitude is rather formal and used in philosophy, while (finiteness) is used in mathematics; however, (infinitude) is used in mathematics more than (infiniteness). Less formal is to reword to use (limited): “(the fact that) life is limited” rather than “the finitude of life”.Synonyms
* finiteness, finity, limitednessAntonyms
* infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, limitlessness, unlimitednessQuotations
* (English Citations of "finitude")References
*limited
English
(wikipedia limited)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.