count vs deem

count

verb
  • To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as. 

  • To reckon in, to include in consideration. 

  • To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun. 

  • To be of significance; to matter. 

  • To recite numbers in sequence. 

  • To determine the number of (objects in a group). 

  • To amount to, to number in total. 

noun
  • The act of counting or tallying a quantity. 

  • A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding. 

  • The male ruler of a county. 

  • A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons. 

  • A countdown. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts. 

  • The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. 

  • The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance. 

adj
  • Countable. 

deem

verb
  • To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account. 

  • To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose. 

noun
  • An opinion, a judgment, a surmise. 

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