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Infinite is a related term of myriad.


As nouns the difference between infinite and myriad

is that infinite is infinity, endlessness while myriad is .

As an adjective myriad is

(modifying a singular noun) multifaceted, having innumerable elements.

infinite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
  • * , I.40:
    • The number is so infinite , that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) H. Brooke
    • Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least cannot sink.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Marlowe
    • infinite riches in a little room
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
    • which infinite calamity shall cause to human life
  • Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
  • * Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 5
    • Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite .
  • With plural noun: infinitely many.
  • * 2012 , Helen Donelan, ?Karen Kear, ?Magnus Ramage, Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader
    • Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.
  • (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
  • (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 2009 , author = Brandon C. Look , title = Symbolic Logic II, Lecture 2: Set Theory , site = www.uky.edu/~look , url = http://www.uky.edu/~look/Phi520-Lecture7.pdf , accessdate = 2012-11-20 }}
    For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers.
  • (grammar) Not limited by person or number.
  • (music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

    • Usage notes

    Although the term is incomparable in the precise sense, it can be comparable both in mathematics and set theory to compare different degrees of infinity, and informally to denote yet a larger thing.

    Synonyms

    * amaranthine * boundless * countless * endless * immeasurable * inestimable * interminable * limitless * unbounded * unlimited * vast

    Antonyms

    * finite * infinitesimal * limited

    Hyponyms

    * (set theory) countably infinite * (set theory) uncountable

    Derived terms

    * infinitely * infinitesimal * infinitude * infinity

    Related terms

    * infinitive

    Numeral

    (head)
  • Infinitely many.
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    myriad

    English

    (wikipedia myriad)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A countless number or multitude (of specified things)
    • Earth hosts a myriad of animals.

    Usage notes

    Used as an adjective (see below), 'myriad' requires neither an article before it nor a preposition after. Because of this, some consider the usage described in sense 2 above, where 'myriad' acts as part of a nominal (or noun) group (that is, "a myriad of animals"), to be tautological.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 131:
    • one night he would be singing at the barred window and yelling down out of the soft myriad darkness of a May night; the next night he would be gone [...].
  • * 2011' April 6–19, Kara Krekeler, "Researchers at Washington U. have 'itch' to cure problem", ''West End Word'', ' 40 (7), p. 8:
    • "As a clinician, it's a difficult symptom to treat," Cornelius said. "The end symptom may be the same, but what's causing it may be myriad ."
  • (modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous
    • Earth hosts myriad animals.
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.

    See also

    * plethora ----