Difference between Eleven and XI

What is the difference between Eleven and XI?

Eleven as a noun is a cricket team of eleven players. while XI as a noun is of east asian derivation.

Eleven

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cricket team of eleven players. A football team of eleven players.

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Ordinal: eleventh.

Example sentence: I never wanted to be a puppeteer. I stopped puppeteering when I was about 18. I puppeteered when I was eleven years old to 18 to make extra money to go to Europe, which I made half of and my parents gave me half.

XI

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: of east Asian derivation.

We hope you now know whether to use Eleven or XI in your sentence.

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