Alphanumeric vs. Alphabetic: What's the Difference?

Consisting of both letters and numbers.

Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

Consisting of or using letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and mathematical and other conventional symbols

Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.

Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

An alphanumeric character.

Literal.

Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters

In alphabetical order.

Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet;

Arranged in order according to the alphabet;