The difference between Indefinite and Indeterminate
When used as adjectives, indefinite means without limit, whereas indeterminate means not accurately determined or determinable.
Indefinite is also noun with the meaning: a word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Indefinite and Indeterminate
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Indefinite as an adjective:
Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
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Indefinite as an adjective:
Vague or unclear.
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Indefinite as an adjective:
Undecided or uncertain.
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Indefinite as an adjective (mathematics):
Being an integral without specified limits.
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Indefinite as an adjective (linguistics):
Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
Examples:
"the indefinite article"
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Indefinite as a noun (grammar):
A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
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Indeterminate as an adjective:
Not accurately determined or determinable.
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Indeterminate as an adjective:
Imprecise or vague.
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Indeterminate as an adjective (mathematics, of certain forms of [[limit]]):
Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity and/or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
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Indeterminate as an adjective (biology, of growth):
With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
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Indeterminate as an adjective (botany, of [[inflorescence]]s):
Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
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Indeterminate as an adjective:
Intersex.