Congruence vs Similarity - What's the difference?
congruence | similarity |
The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
(mathematics, number theory) a relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number
(mathematics, geometry) being isometric — roughly, the same size and shape
(algebra) more generally: any (l) defined on an (l) which is preserved by defined by the structure
Closeness of appearance to something else.
(philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
As nouns the difference between congruence and similarity
is that congruence is the quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate while similarity is closeness of appearance to something else.congruence
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(wikipedia congruence)Noun
(en noun)See also
* residueSynonyms
* congruency, congruitysimilarity
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Noun
(similarities)- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.