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Uncountable vs Unlistable - What's the difference?

uncountable | unlistable |

As adjectives the difference between uncountable and unlistable

is that uncountable is so many as to be incapable of being counted while unlistable is that cannot be listed; uncountable.

As a noun uncountable

is (linguistics) an uncountable noun.

uncountable

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) An uncountable noun.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • So many as to be incapable of being counted.
    • The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
  • (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
    • Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable .
  • (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 .
    • 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.

    Antonyms

    * countable

    Hypernyms

    * (set theory) infinite

    Derived terms

    * uncountable noun * uncountable set * uncountably

    See also

    * (mathematics) infinite * (mathematics) innumerable * (linguistics) mass noun * (linguistics) singulare tantum *

    unlistable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That cannot be listed; uncountable.