As nouns the difference between forty and carene
is that forty is (slang) a 40 ounce bottle of beer while carene is (religion|obsolete) a fast of forty days on bread and water.
As a numeral forty
is (cardinal) the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.
forty
English
Numeral
(head)
(cardinal) The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.
Related terms
* Ordinal: fortieth.
Synonyms
* : 40
* : XL
See also
* Last: thirty (30), thirty-nine (39)
* Next: forty-one (41), fifty (50)
Usage notes
* In modern usage, "Fourty" is considered incorrect. The spelling "forty" relates to some of the other numbers representing tens. Examples: twenty rather than twoty, thirty rather than threety, and fifty rather than fivety.
Noun
(forties)
(slang) A 40 ounce bottle of beer.
