Six vs Nine - What's the difference?
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(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after five and before seven.
The digit or figure .
(military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
(cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
(American football) A touchdown.
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
Describing a set or group with nine components.
The digit or figure .
(card games) A playing card with nine pips.
(weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
(computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
(label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
* 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.
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In cardinal terms the difference between six and nine
is that six is a numerical value equal to 6; the number occurring after five and before seven while nine is a numerical value equal to 9; the number occurring after eight and before ten.six
English
(wikipedia six)Numeral
(head)Derived terms
* six-figure * * six-pack, six pack, sixpack * six-shooter, sixshooter * sixteen * sixth * sixty * six ways to SundayNoun
(es)Derived terms
* at sixes and sevens * hit someone for sixSee also
* * (Arabic numeral) * (Chinese numerals) * or VI (Roman numeral) * (Greek numeral) *Statistics
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* (l) 1000 English basic words ----nine
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(wikipedia nine)Numeral
(head)- A cat has nine lives.
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*Noun
(en noun)- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
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