The difference between Digit and Fingerbreadth

When used as nouns, digit means the whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base 10 numbers, whereas fingerbreadth means a (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.


Digit is also verb with the meaning: to point at or point out with the finger.

check bellow for the other definitions of Digit and Fingerbreadth

  1. Digit as a noun (mathematics):

    The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base 10 numbers.

    Examples:

    "The number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4."

  2. Digit as a noun (mathematics):

    Similarly fundamental numerals in other systems.

    Examples:

    "Hexadecimal numeration (Base 16) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10), B (=11), C (=12), D (=13), E (=14), and F (=15). Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10."

  3. Digit as a noun (units of measure, astronomy):

    the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.

    Examples:

    "A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface."

  4. Digit as a noun (historical, _, units of measure):

    A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of foot (about 1.9cm).

  5. Digit as a noun (units of measure, obsolete):

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  6. Digit as a noun (anatomy):

    A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

  7. Digit as a noun (zoology):

    Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.

  8. Digit as a noun (geometry, rare, obsolete):

    of a circle.

  1. Digit as a verb (transitive):

    To point at or point out with the finger.

  1. Fingerbreadth as a noun:

    A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.