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Three vs Ninety - What's the difference?

three | ninety |

As numerals the difference between three and ninety

is that three is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••) while ninety is the cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in roman numerals as xc and in arabic numerals as.

As a noun three

is the digit/figure 3.

three

English

(wikipedia three)

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
  • *
  • Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
  • (of a set or group) Having three elements.
  • Synonyms

    * (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
  • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • A person who is three years old.
  • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.
  • Derived terms

    * threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-up

    See also

    * (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *

    Statistics

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    ninety

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as .
  • Synonyms

    * : 90 * : XC

    See also

    * Last: eighty-nine, eighty * Next: ninety-one, hundred English cardinal numbers