fourth vs forth
Definitions
adjective
- coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
adverb
- in the fourth place
noun
- one of four equal parts
- following the third position; number four in a countable series
- the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
Examples
This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today
I might have understood how clumsy I was, when I was rearing my children in the most utter idleness and luxury, to reform other people and their children, who were perishing from idleness in what I called the den of the Rzhanoff house, where, nevertheless, three-fourths of the people toil for themselves and for others.
Definitions
noun
- a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
Examples
Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety.
Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
I realized how our leadership brings forth mediocre organizations and dispirited people.
