different between infiniteness vs finitude

English

Etymology

From infinite +? -ness.

Noun

infiniteness (countable and uncountable, plural infinitenesses)

1. The quality of being infinite.
2. The quality of being immeasurably large or boundless, limitlessness.

Synonyms

• (quality of being infinite): infinitude; see also Thesaurus:infinity
• (quality of being immeasurably large): boundlessness, immeasurability, immeasurableness, incalculability, incalculableness, inestimability, inestimableness, limitlessness, unmeasurability, unmeasurableness

Antonyms

• (quality of being infinite): finiteness, finitude; see also Thesaurus:finity
• (quality of being immeasurably large): limitedness, measurability

Translations

English

Etymology

From finite +? -itude, or from Renaissance Latin finit?d? (“signifying a noun of state”).

Pronunciation

Noun

finitude (countable and uncountable, plural finitudes)

1. The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.

Usage notes

Finitude is rather formal and used in philosophy, while finiteness is used in mathematics; however, infinitude is used in mathematics more than infiniteness. Less formal is to reword to use limited: “(the fact that) life is limited” rather than “the finitude of life”.

Synonyms

• (state or characteristic of being finite): finiteness, finity, limitedness; see also Thesaurus:finity

Antonyms

• (state or characteristic of being finite): infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, limitlessness, unlimitedness; see also Thesaurus:infinity

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:finitude.

References

• finitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni.tyd/

Noun

finitude f (plural finitudes)

1. finitude, impermanence, transience