Difference between Thirtieth and Ordinal

What is the difference between Thirtieth and Ordinal?

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

Thirtieth

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The ordinal form of the number thirty.

Part of speech: abbreviation

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

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 Thirtieth or Ordinal in your sentence.

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