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Napkin vs Infinity - What's the difference?

napkin | infinity |

As nouns the difference between napkin and infinity

is that napkin is a serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating while infinity is endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.

napkin

English

(wikipedia napkin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping]] the mouth and hands for cleanliness while [[eat, eating.
  • (British, obsolete) A nappy (UK), a diaper (American).
  • A small scarf worn on the head by Christian woman when entering a Roman Catholic church, as a token of modesty.
  • A sanitary napkin.
  • infinity

    English

    Noun

  • (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= 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.}}
  • 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 .
  • Usage notes

    In mathematics there are several different infinities; see transfinite.

    Antonyms

    * finity

    See also

    * eternal * eternity * transfinite