Difference between Sixtieth and Ordinal

What is the difference between Sixtieth and Ordinal?

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

Sixtieth

Part of speech: abbreviation

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

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The ordinal form of the number sixty.

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 Sixtieth or Ordinal in your sentence.

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