Pejorative vs Uncountable - What's the difference?
pejorative | uncountable |
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 .
As adjectives the difference between pejorative and uncountable
is that pejorative is while uncountable is so many as to be incapable of being counted.As a noun uncountable is
(linguistics) an uncountable noun.pejorative
English
(wikipedia pejorative)Synonyms
* derogatory * dyslogisticAntonyms
* approbative * eulogistic * meliorativeSynonyms
* dyslogism * dysphemismAntonyms
* eulogismSee also
*References
*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.