Why does Seq and List have different signature for nth?

Question

I noticed that the signature of nth of Seq differs from that of List in the placement of the index (int).

• Seq.nth : int -> seq<'T> -> 'T
• List.nth : 'T list -> int -> 'T

I've just noticed it after I tried the following:

[1..10] |> List.nth 2      // error
2 |> List.nth [1..10]      // working, but looks awkward for me
List.nth [1..10] 2         // I suspect this is the expected use 
seq { 1..10 } |> Seq.nth 2 // working

I'm aware that it's not possible to determine initially the number of items in Seq because it's computed lazily unlike that of List, I just don't see how their difference will affect the signature of List.nth.