why are natural numbers all whole numbers why not whole numbers are natural numbers

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Natural number set ={1,2,3,4...}
Whole number set={0,1,2,3,4,...}
So all natural numbers are whole numbers. But all whole numbers cannot be natural numbers. (because 0 which is whole number but not natural number)

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