Uncountable vs Commitment - What's the difference?
uncountable | commitment |
So many as to be incapable of being counted.
(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
(grammar, of a noun) Describes a meaning of a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information .
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
# The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
# Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
# Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
State of being pledged or engaged.
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
As nouns the difference between uncountable and commitment
is that uncountable is (linguistics) an uncountable noun while commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:.As an adjective uncountable
is so many as to be incapable of being counted.uncountable
English
Adjective
(-)- The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
- Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable .
- Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
- One meaning in law of the supposedly uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.