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What's the difference between whole numbers and positive integers

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Whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...
Positive integers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...

The only difference is that whole numbers have 0 included whereas positive integers do not have 0 included.
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