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Sixth vs Vespers - What's the difference?

sixth | vespers |

As nouns the difference between sixth and vespers

is that sixth is not used in the plural The person or thing in the sixth position while vespers is the sixth of the seven canonical hours.

As an adjective sixth

is the ordinal form of the number six.

As a proper noun Vespers is

a Christian service held in the late afternoon or early evening; evensong.

sixth

English

(wikipedia sixth)

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the number six.

    • Synonyms

    : , 6th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) VI

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
  • One of six equal parts of a whole.
  • (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)

    • Synonyms

    * (one of six equal parts)

    Related terms

    * major sixth * minor sixth * sixth sense English ordinal numbers

    vespers

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia vespers) (-)
  • (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours

    • Related terms

    * smokefall

    Noun

    (head)