Difference between Myriad and Countless

What is the difference between Myriad and Countless?

Myriad as an adjective is great in number; innumerable, multitudinous. while Countless as an adjective is too many to count; innumerable or incalculable

Myriad

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Ten thousand; 10,000. A countless number or multitude (of specified things).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.

Example sentence: Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note.

Countless

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Too many to count; innumerable or incalculable

Example sentence: If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?

We hope you now know whether to use Myriad or Countless in your sentence.

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