The difference between Mass noun and Uncountable

When used as nouns, mass noun means a noun that normally cannot be counted, whereas uncountable means an uncountable noun.


Uncountable is also adjective with the meaning: so many as to be incapable of being counted.

check bellow for the other definitions of Mass noun and Uncountable

  1. Mass noun as a noun:

    A noun that normally cannot be counted.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: material noun non-count noun [[uncountable]] noun"

    "ant [[countable]] noun count noun"

  1. Uncountable as an adjective:

    So many as to be incapable of being counted.

    Examples:

    "The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach."

  2. Uncountable as an adjective (mathematics):

    Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

    Examples:

    "Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable."

  3. Uncountable as an adjective (grammar, of a noun):

    Describes a meaning of a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

    Examples:

    "Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns."

    "One meaning in law of the supposedly uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable."

  1. Uncountable as a noun (linguistics):

    An uncountable noun.