Heathen vs Infinity - What's the difference?
heathen | infinity |
Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
(by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
(pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
* V. Knox
(by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
(an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
(label) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.
A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=
An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
(label) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
(label) The symbol .
As nouns the difference between heathen and infinity
is that heathen is an adherent of the germanic neo-pagan faith of heathenry while infinity is (label) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.As an adjective heathen
is pertaining or adhering to the germanic neo-pagan faith heathenry.heathen
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
(s)- If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens .
Coordinate terms
*Derived terms
* heathendom * heathenish * heathenism * heathenize * heathennessinfinity
English
Noun
citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities' that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging ' infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
