Sixth vs. Six — What's the Difference?

The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.

The cardinal number equal to 5 + 1.

One of six equal parts.

The sixth in a set or sequence.

An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.

Something having six parts, units, or members, especially a motor vehicle having six cylinders.

A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).

The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.

A group or set with six elements.

The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.

The digit or figure 6.

The ordinal form of the number six.

Rear, behind rear side of something.

(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.

An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.

One of six equal parts of a whole.

(American football) A touchdown.

(music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)

(obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

To divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six

One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.

First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.

A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

The next in order after the fifth.

Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Position six in a countable series of things

A sixth part

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

Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position