Innumerable vs Umpteen - What's the difference?
innumerable | umpteen |
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
* (Mark Twain), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Relatively large but unspecified in number.
As an adjective innumerable
is not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.As a determiner umpteen is
relatively large but unspecified in number.innumerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.
Synonyms
* countless * numberless * unnumberedumpteen
English
Determiner
(wikipedia umpteen) (-)- She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.