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Conformity vs Adequacy - What's the difference?

conformity | adequacy |

As nouns the difference between conformity and adequacy

is that conformity is state of things being similar or identical while adequacy is the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

conformity

English

Noun

  • State of things being similar or identical.
  • A point of resemblance; a similarity.
  • State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
  • The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
    • How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. -

    Usage notes

    * Sometimes used interchangeably with conformation.

    References

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    Synonyms

    * conformance

    Antonyms

    * nonconformity

    Related terms

    * conform * conformance * conformism

    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.