Difference between Fifteenth and Ordinal

What is the difference between Fifteenth and Ordinal?

Fifteenth as an adjective is the ordinal form of the number fifteen. while Ordinal as an adjective is of a number, indicating position in a sequence.

Fifteenth

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Definition: The person or thing in the fifteenth position. One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.

Ordinal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An ordinal number such as first, second and third.

We hope you now know whether to use Fifteenth or Ordinal in your sentence.

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