Sextillion vs Quadrillion - What's the difference?
sextillion | quadrillion |
(US; modern British & Australian, ) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.
(dated British & Australian, ) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.
A thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
A million trillion: 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.
(figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
* 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
* 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
* 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
* 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
As numerals the difference between sextillion and quadrillion
is that sextillion is (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021 while quadrillion is a thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.As a noun quadrillion is
any very large number, exceeding normal description.sextillion
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* (short and long scale) Previous': quintillion. ' Next : septillion.Synonyms
* 1036: a undecillionquadrillion
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* peta- * yotta- * Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.Synonyms
* a billiard * a septillionNoun
(en noun)- They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.