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Numbers vs Mathematics - What's the difference?

numbers | mathematics |

As nouns the difference between numbers and mathematics

is that numbers is while mathematics is an abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.

As a verb numbers

is (number).

numbers

English

(Book of Numbers)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.
  • * 1599 — Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
  • For in the book of Numbers is it writ, when the man dies, let the inheritance descend unto the daughter.

    mathematics

    Alternative forms

    * mathematicks (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
  • * 2001 , David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century , page 8
  • In many cases, the mathematics involved are deep and complicated.
  • * 2002 , Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos , page 38
  • The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
  • A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
  • My mathematics is not very good.
    Their mathematics are not very good.
    Their mathematics is not very good.

    Usage notes

    * Before the beginning of the 20th century, it was proper to say "My mathematics are not very good".

    Synonyms

    * (ability to use mathematics) numeracy * abbreviation: maths * See also

    Derived terms

    * applied mathematics * astromathematics * biomathematics * discrete mathematics * ethnomathematics * metamathematics * pseudomathematics * pure mathematics * recreational mathematics

    See also

    * (wikipedia "mathematics") * (Definitions of mathematics) * polymath