Difference between Thirteen and Cardinal

What is the difference between Thirteen and Cardinal?

Thirteen as a numeral is the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in roman numerals as xiii and in arabic numerals as 13. ordinal: thirteenth. while Cardinal as an adjective is of fundamental importance.

Thirteen

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIII and in Arabic numerals as 13. Ordinal: thirteenth.

Example sentence: When I was a kid, I loved a heavy metal band called Motley Crue. I was thirteen when they came to my city, and I called every hotel in the Yellow Pages asking for a room by the name of their manager in hopes of meeting the band. After two or three hours of calling hotels, I got through, and the manager's brother answered the phone.

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: When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.

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