base 18 is a positional numeral system with eighteen as its base. It uses 18 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 18 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h.

base 17 is a positional numeral system with seventeen as its base. It uses 17 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 17 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, and g.