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numeral | digital |

As adjectives the difference between numeral and digital

is that numeral is numeral, numeric while digital is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

As nouns the difference between numeral and digital

is that numeral is numeral while digital is (finance) a digital option.

numeral

English

(wikipedia numeral)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  • (linguistics) A word or symbol representing a number.
    • The word “fifteen”, the Arabic numeral''' “15”, and the Roman '''numeral''' “XV” are all '''numerals representing the number fifteen.
  • * 2002 — Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language , p1715
    • We use the term numeral' for linguistic expressions and '''number''' for meanings. For example, ''five'' is a '''numeral''' expressing the number "5" - and ''fifteen hundred'' and ''one thousand five hundred'' are different ' numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".
  • (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
    • Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "numeral")

    Synonyms

    * (word or symbol representing a number) number

    Derived terms

    * cardinal numeral * ordinal numeral * Arabic numeral * Roman numeral

    See also

    * digit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
  • * (John Locke)
    • A long train of numeral progressions.

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    digital

    English

    (wikipedia digital)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
  • Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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  • Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
    • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

    Antonyms

    * nondigital * undigital * (representing discrete values) analog, analogue

    Derived terms

    * digital computer * digitalize, digitalization * digital meter * digital storage

    Related terms

    * digitalis * digitate * digitigrade * digitality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A digital option.
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