The difference between Cardinal number and Cardinal numeral
When used as nouns, cardinal number means a number used to denote quantity, whereas cardinal numeral means a word used to represent a cardinal number.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cardinal number and Cardinal numeral
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Cardinal number as a noun:
A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
Examples:
"The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3."
"The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three"."
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Cardinal number as a noun (mathematics):
A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
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Cardinal number as a noun (grammar):
A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
Examples:
"Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is an ordinal number."
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Cardinal numeral as a noun (grammar):
A word used to represent a cardinal number.