The difference between Cardinal number and Distributive number

When used as nouns, cardinal number means a number used to denote quantity, whereas distributive number means a word that answers "how many times each?" or "how many at a time?".

check bellow for the other definitions of Cardinal number and Distributive number

  1. 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"."

  2. Cardinal number as a noun (mathematics):

    A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.

  3. 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."

  1. Distributive number as a noun (grammar):

    A word that answers "how many times each?" or "how many at a time?"

    Examples:

    "Singly" is a distributive number, while "single" is a multiplier."

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