Five vs Fiver - What's the difference?
five | fiver |
(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.
(slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
By extension: the value in money that this represents.
A clenched fist.
A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
(Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
(religion) A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
As nouns the difference between five and fiver
is that five is the digit/figure 5 while fiver is (label) a zaidi shi'a muslim.As a numeral five
is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number following four and preceding six this many dots (•••••).five
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(wikipedia five)Alternative forms
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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.
Derived terms
* five and dime * five-and-twenty * five-bar gate * five-card stud * five-finger exercise * five-line whip * five o'clock * high five * low five * take five * gimme five * slap me fiveSee also
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* 1000 English basic wordsfiver
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Noun
(en noun)- Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.
- I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver .