base 20 is a positional numeral system with twenty as its base. It uses 20 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 20 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, and j.

base 21 is a positional numeral system with twenty-one as its base. It uses 21 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 21 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, and k.