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Seven vs Seventeen - What's the difference?

seven | seventeen |

As numerals the difference between seven and seventeen

is that seven is a numerical value equal to 7; the number occurring after six and before eight while seventeen is the cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

As a noun seven

is the digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

seven

English

(wikipedia seven)

Alternative forms

* Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: VII * sev'n

Numeral

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  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after six and before eight.

    • Related terms

    * seventh

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    Noun

  • The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
    • He wrote three sevens on the paper.
  • (countable, cards) A card bearing seven pips.

    • Derived terms

    * at sixes and sevens * deuce-to-seven lowball * Group of Seven * rugby sevens * seven card stud * seven deadly sins * Sevener/sevener * sevenfold * Seven Hills of Rome * seven iron * seven-league boots * seven minutes in heaven * sevenness * sevennight * seven out * sevens * Seven Sages * sevenscore * seven seals * seven seas * seven second delay * Seven Sisters * Seven Sleepers Day * sevensome * seventh * seven-up * seven virtues * Seven Wonders of the World * seven-year itch * twenty-four seven * unseven

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    seventeen

    English

    (wikipedia seventeen)

    Alternative forms

    * Arabic numerals: . Roman numerals: XVII

    Numeral

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  • The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as .

    • Derived terms

    * Ordinal: seventeenth

    Derived terms

    * seventeenth

    See also

    * Last: sixteen. Next: eighteen English cardinal numbers