Difference between Sixty-one and Cardinal

What is the difference between Sixty-one and Cardinal?

Sixty-one as a numeral is the cardinal number immediately following sixty and preceding sixty-two. while Cardinal as an adjective is of fundamental importance.

Sixty-one

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The cardinal number immediately following sixty and preceding sixty-two.

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: Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

We hope you now know whether to use Sixty-one or Cardinal in your sentence.

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