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Sixty vs Fiftysomething - What's the difference?

sixty | fiftysomething |

As numerals the difference between sixty and fiftysomething

is that sixty is the cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in roman numerals as lx and in arabic numerals as 60 while fiftysomething is between fifty and sixty.

As a noun fiftysomething is

(countable|colloquial) a person aged between 50 and 59 years.

sixty

English

Numeral

(head)
  • The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

    • Synonyms

    * (Arabic numerals): * (Roman numerals): LX

    Related terms

    * Ordinal: sixtieth

    See also

    * Previous: fifty-nine, fifty * Next: sixty-one, seventy

    Anagrams

    * English cardinal numbers

    fiftysomething

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fifty-something

    Noun

  • (countable, colloquial) A person aged between 50 and 59 years.
    • She was a spritely fiftysomething .

    Synonyms

    * quinquagenarian

    Numeral

    (head)
  • Between fifty and sixty.