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Adequacy vs Adequation - What's the difference?

adequacy | adequation |

As nouns the difference between adequacy and adequation

is that adequacy is the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs while adequation is equivalence.

adequacy

English

Noun

(adequacies)
  • The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
    • His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.

    adequation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • equivalence
  • (linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
  • (obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
  • * Bishop Barlow
    • The principles of logick and natural reason tell us, that there must be a just proportion and adequation between the medium by which we prove, and the conclusion to be proved.