Difference between Fifth and Ordinal

What is the difference between Fifth and Ordinal?

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

Fifth

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The ordinal form of the number five.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The person or thing in the fifth position. One of five equal parts of a whole. The fifth gear of an engine. A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon. The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.

Example sentence: There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

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 Fifth or Ordinal in your sentence.

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