Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cardinal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
ordinal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
cardinal (noun) | ordinal (noun) |
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crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | the number designating place in an ordered sequence |
a variable color averaging a vivid red | |
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes | |
the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order |
cardinal (adjective) | ordinal (adjective) |
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being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order | being or denoting a numerical order in a series |
serving as an essential component | of or relating to a taxonomic order |