Zero:- "0(zero;BrE:/ˈzɪərəʊ/orAmE:/ˈziːroʊ/) is both a number[1]and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. It fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers,real numbers, and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a place holder in place value systems.Names for the number 0 in Englishinclude zero,nought or (US)naught(/ˈnɔːt/),nil, or — in contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter "O" —ohoro(/ˈoʊ/). Informal or slang terms for zero includezilchandzip.[2]Oughtandaught(/ˈɔːt/), as well as cipher, have also been used historically". wikipidia
Nothing:- "Nothing is a pronoun denoting the absence of anything. Nothing is a pronoun associated with nothingness.[1]In non technical uses,nothing denotes things lacking importance, interest, value, relevance, or significance.[1]Nothingnessis the state of being nothing,[2]the state of nonexistence of anything, or the property of having nothing". wikipidia
Nothing does not and can not be defined since it does not exist.
Differences
1) There is a '0', but there is no such a thing as 'nothing'
2) Total nothing is inexistance and therefore inexistant and thus can not be seen, touched, heard, thought about or imagined since it does not exist. 0 is to be realized. eg 0 potatos, 0 energy, the number 0 etc
3) 0 is a number and number is something
4) 0 is a something(a number) used in a system of counting and measuring.
Proof
4.1) There is always a _____ after 0. eg 0 potatoes, 0 energy. Other than that, there is no such thing as 0 by itself unless "the number 0" which is a number thus something.
and thus
4.2) Since it is in a system of counting and measuring, there is always the counter, measurer or comprehender and can not be without a counter, measurer or comprehender. On the other hand 'nothing' doesn't need or have or can't have anything(like counter, measurer or comprehender)
5) '0' can be a result of a minus and plus of a same number and those numbers also can be made from '0'. Hence '0' can be a result and also other results can be derived from it. 'Nothing' can't be a result because
i) A result is something
ii) A result to begin with needs preexistance or existance of things that it is a result of. But total nothing is inexistant, has never existed nor will it ever exist. There is nothing before or after it as there is no it.
Also, there isn't anything that can be derived from it because there is no it.
6) Something can be added or subtracted to '0'. But there is nothing that can be added to or subtracted from something that does not exist.
7) 0 is a concept, while 'nothing' can't be conceptualized.
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
7 differences between '0' and 'nothing'
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