Difference between Seventy-four and Cardinal

What is the difference between Seventy-four and Cardinal?

Seventy-four as a numeral is the cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five. while Cardinal as an adjective is of fundamental importance.

Seventy-four

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.

Cardinal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of fundamental importance.Of or relating to the cardinal directionsDescribing a number used in counting, e.g., one, two, three.Having a bright red color (from the color of Catholic cardinals' cassock).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.)An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)A songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis.Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae. (See Wikipedia article on cardinal birds.)A shade of red associated with the birds of the same name.

Example sentence: The structure and formula are now so well-known that it's become very hard for the film-maker not to commit the cardinal sin: letting the audience get ahead of the film. So it takes some real sparkle - of which I thought 'Man Up' had plenty, especially in the writing - to keep the viewer enjoying a by-now predictable journey.

We hope you now know whether to use Seventy-four or Cardinal in your sentence.

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