What's the difference between cardinal and ordinal?

Cardinal


Definition:

  • (a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
  • (a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
  • (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.
  • (a.) Mulled red wine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A possible role for Id for IgM Ab as cardinal autoantigens is discussed.
  • (2) Father Vincent Twomey said that given the damage done by Smyth and the repercussions of his actions, "one way or another the cardinal has unfortunately lost his moral credibility".
  • (3) From our data on symptomatology, family history and course of 538 such patients, several findings emerge of cardinal relevance to genetic studies.
  • (4) That diary was published in 2005 by Limes, a serious Italian magazine, which did not identify the cardinal.
  • (5) After the action-packed opening two innings the Cardinals, and particularly Wainwright, settled and the runs dried up.
  • (6) He did not speculate about when that would be, and he did not rebut Cardin’s claim that it could be next month.
  • (7) Updated at 4.05am BST 4.00am BST Dodgers 3 - Cardinals 0, top of 9th And so it's all up to Yadier Molina, the Cardinals catcher who is looking to get a rally going, no easy task against Jansen who looks to have his best stuff tonight.
  • (8) 4.11am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, bottom of 7th Jay bunts!
  • (9) Updated at 3.53am GMT 3.50am GMT Red Sox 4 - Cardinals 2, bottom of the 9th Matt Carpenter takes a ball and a called strike.
  • (10) 1.20am GMT Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 3, top of the 4th Lackey gets ahead of Freese 1-2, if he could work around the error it would be- Freese takes strike three!
  • (11) The thymus is the first organ in the body to age, which seems incongruent considering its cardinal role in the immune system.
  • (12) The Democratic US Senator for Maryland, Ben Cardin, tried to enlist the State Department's help but was brushed aside.
  • (13) It derives from remnants of the left cardinal vein system.
  • (14) This list gives the Latin first names of all 115 cardinals.
  • (15) 2.10am BST Cardinals 3 - Dodgers 0, top of 4th Yadier Molina hits the first pitch to center field for the first out.
  • (16) After visiting the H-blocks, the Catholic archbishop Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich compared the conditions to "the sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta".
  • (17) Freese is down to his last strike with a chance to tie it for the Cardinals.
  • (18) A month later, the papal conclave chose as his successor 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, elevating the son of Italian immigrants to the highest office in the church.
  • (19) Now they await the results of the American League Championship Series to see whether this year's World Series will be a rematch of 2004, when the Cardinals were swept by the curse-reversing Boston Red Sox, or 2006, when the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers and became one of the worst teams to win the World Series in MLB history .
  • (20) The cardinal signs and symptoms are given in detail, particularly those at the onset.

Ordinal


Definition:

  • (a.) Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to an order.
  • (n.) A word or number denoting order or succession.
  • (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
  • (n.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
  • (2) A group called Campaign for Houston , which led the opposition, described the ordinance as “an attack on the traditional family” designed for “gender-confused men who … can call themselves ‘women’ on a whim”.
  • (3) This process may be achieved by co-ordinated synthesis and translation of new mRNA or gradual accumulation of constitutively synthesized mRNA, followed by coordinated translational activation.
  • (4) At 5 micrometer and 2.5 mM sulphanilic acid under aerobic conditions, the regression lines for the permeation from lumen to blood pass almost through the origin, while the regression lines for the permeation from blood to lumen intersect the ordinate at a positive Y-value.
  • (5) The Yamaguchi-gumi is reportedly considering a ban on sending traditional gifts to business associates, and holds weekly meetings to discuss its response to the new ordinances.
  • (6) We report here that histidine residues are essential for the co-ordination of these ion(s).
  • (7) The key feature is the physicians' acceptance of the nurse co-ordinator as a colleague.
  • (8) The Financial Services Authority is meant to be the City's watchdog but "devastating" internal documents reveal it has secretly co-ordinated high-level lobbying strategies with the industry it is supposed to police.
  • (9) Ventricular diffuse atrophy correlated positively with psychic and co-ordinative impairment and dysarthria, and cortical diffuse cerebral atrophy with psychic impairment (P smaller than 0.01 to 0.001).
  • (10) Agir, launched in June as the Sahel crisis was taking hold, lays out a roadmap for better co-ordination of humanitarian and development aid to protect the most vulnerable people when drought hits again.
  • (11) This could spell disaster for small farmers, says Million Belay, co-ordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
  • (12) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
  • (13) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (14) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
  • (15) The sampling was balanced with respect to age, gender, and predisposition across the three ordinal exposure categories.
  • (16) The metal co-ordination chemistry at the binding site varies depending on the metal that is introduced into it.
  • (17) Ordinal data, ie, grades and ranks, may be analyzed by means of the t-test which is more sensitive and allows more refined analyses if needed.
  • (18) Sandra Carvao, its co-ordinator of communications, said: "Correct would be to say UNWTO has presented both presidents with an open letter which calls for them to support tourism as a means to foster sustainable development in their countries to the benefit of their people and consequently ask them to support the sector in this respect."
  • (19) In this paper something is given of their evolution, diversity, aims and activities; and of the important role they now play in many instances, as well as some of the obstacles to collaboration, co-ordination and integration at different levels of operation--internationally, nationally and locally.
  • (20) Updated at 2.48pm GMT 1.42pm GMT Another question riffing off Britain's EU referendum - how will Europe draw up new structures such as co-ordinated banking supervision when some members of the EU are refusing to ever join the single currency?