What is the difference between sequential and numerical?

Answer 1

Numeric contains only digits, e.g. 1234 but alphanumeric can include letters of the alphabet, e.g. ab12cd

Answer 2

Numeric is a noun or an adjective.

Numerical is only an adjective.

There are other pairs of words which are broadly similar but distinguished by their suffixes, such as economic and economical. However, such pairs tend to have markedly different meaning or application, where there is little real difference between numeric and numerical.

As numeric is capable of being both the noun and adjective and is consistently preferred in IT contexts, I'd suggest using numeric and deprecating numerical.

That's just my opinion, of course...

Answer 3

Sequential means in order. It can refer to any kind of data. Numerical refers to anything to do with numbers. In terms of something being in order, it refers to being in number order, properly called numerical order.

Answer 4

Numerals are the characters used to write numbers. eg 365 is a number (of days in a year) which is written using three numerals, a 3, a 6 and a 5.

Answer 5

Numeric means numbers. Alphabetic means letters. Alphameric means either of the above.

Answer 6

Numberic there is a decimal part. numeric[(p[, s])] which integer does not have
for social security number you can use varchar

Answer 7

A number represents a quantity of units or items. A numeral is a symbol used to represent a number.

Answer 8

In a fraction, let's say 5/10, The 10 would be the denominator and the 5 would be the numerator.