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What is the difference between twentieth and twenty?

twentieth | twenty |

Twenty is a derived term of twentieth.



As nouns the difference between twentieth and twenty

is that twentieth is a person or thing in the twentieth position while twenty is a banknote with a denomination of 20.

As an adjective twentieth

is the ordinal form of the number twenty.

As a numeral twenty is

the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

twentieth

English

Adjective

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

    • Abbreviations

    : 20th, 20th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) XX

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing in the twentieth position.
  • One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

    • twenty

    English

    (wikipedia twenty)

    Alternative forms

    * Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: XX

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The cardinal number , occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

    • Derived terms

    * twenties * twentieth * twenty past * twenty to * twenty to the dozen * twenty-twenty

    Related terms

    * twoty

    Noun

    (twenties)
  • (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
    • The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty .
  • (location).
    • What’s your twenty, good buddy?
  • (military) A set of twenty push-ups.
    • Drop and give me twenty , Ric! (Recruit.)

    Statistics

    * English cardinal numbers