Five vs. Fifth — What's the Difference?

The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.

The ordinal number matching the number five in a series.

The fifth in a set or sequence.

One of five equal parts.

Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.

One fifth of a gallon or four fifths of a quart of liquor.

A five-dollar bill.

A tone five degrees above or below a given tone in a diatonic scale.

Fives (used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.

The interval between two such tones.

A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

The harmonic combination of two such tones.

Describing a group or set with five elements.

The dominant of a scale or key.

The digit/figure 5.

Fifth The Fifth Amendment. Used with the.

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

The ordinal form of the number five.

Anything measuring five units, as length.

The person or thing in the fifth position.

A person who is five years old.

One of five equal parts of a whole.

Five o'clock.

The fifth gear of an engine.

A short rest, especially one of five minutes.

A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

(basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.

(music) The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)

Four and one added; one more than four.

The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

(music) To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

(transitive) To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

To divide by five.

A team that plays basketball

Next in order after the fourth; - the ordinal of five.

Being one more than four

Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.

The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

Position five in a countable series of things;

A fifth part

The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position