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Fiveth vs Fourth - What's the difference?

fiveth | fourth |

As an adjective fiveth

is (obsolete) fifth.

As a noun fourth is

the fourth of july.

fiveth

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (obsolete) Fifth.
  • * 1608 The Account Books of the Parish of St. Bartholomew Exchange in the City of London , p. 35.
  • And if any afternoone Lecture doe fall out to be on any fiveth daye of November then I doe appoint the the tenne shillinges...
    English ordinal numbers

    fourth

    English

    (wikipedia fourth)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The ordinal form of the number four.
  • Usage notes

    Abbreviations: 4th, 4th; IV

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
  • A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
  • (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
  • (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
  • Synonyms

    * (quarter) fourth part, quarter, * (gear) fourth gear

    Derived terms

    * augmented fourth * diminished fourth * perfect fourth