The difference between Countable and Infinite
When used as adjectives, countable means capable of being counted, whereas infinite means indefinably large, countlessly great.
Infinite is also numeral with the meaning: infinitely many.
check bellow for the other definitions of Countable and Infinite
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Countable as an adjective:
Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
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Countable as an adjective (mathematics, of a set):
Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
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Countable as an adjective (mathematics, of a set):
Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
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Countable as an adjective (grammar, of a noun):
Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
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Infinite as an adjective:
Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
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Infinite as an adjective:
Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
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Infinite as an adjective:
With plural noun: infinitely many.
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Infinite as an adjective (mathematics):
Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
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Infinite as an adjective (set theory, of a set):
Having infinitely many elements.
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Infinite as an adjective (grammar):
Not limited by person or number.
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Infinite as an adjective (music):
Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Examples:
"rfquotek Moore (Encyc. of Music)"