Is there a difference between zero and nothing?

Question

I ask this last week and didn't get an answer.

Answer 1

Yes. Zero is the display of a numeric position or column that has no value associated with it. Nothing would be the absence of even that.

Answer 2

Yes.
1. They are spelled differently.
2. zero is a number, but nothing is not.
3. zero can make something bigger, like 1, 10, 100 but nothing cannot.
4. nothing is an absolute, where zero is not.

Answer 3

I would say there is a grammatical difference. Zero is a number. "Nothing" is a more general term.
From a mathematical point of view, we can say zero is nothing but then is -1 less than nothing? Can this be possible?
More, in the real world you would apply zero to specific countable things.
How many cakes are left? Zero.
You would apply nothing in general questions.
What is there in the box? Nothing.
How much sugar is left? Nothing.

Answer 4

I agree that it depends on the context. Consider temparature in degrees Fahrenheit. Temperature is a measure of heat. A temperature of zero does not imply that there is no heat. In fact, there IS heat present otherwise the temperature would be even lower. Zero has different meaning in different situations.

Answer 5

Yes. Zero is something. It is a number.

Consider the empty set { }.
Nothing is an element of { }.
Zero is not an element of { }.
Therefore zero and nothing cannot be the same thing.

Answer 6

Actually, zero is not nothing. It is a place holder for a null number.

Answer 7

It depends in what context you are refering asking that question.
In computer programming, zero and nothing are twon completely different things.
If you and your friends are talking about how much money you have then they are one and the same.

It all depends on context.

Answer 8

No, zero is the numeric representation of "nothing".

Answer 9

No.