Adequacy vs Adequation - What's the difference?
adequacy | adequation |
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
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
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)- His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.
adequation
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.