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Congruent vs Correlation - What's the difference?

congruent | correlation |

As an adjective congruent

is corresponding in character.

As a noun correlation is

a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.

congruent

English

Adjective

(wikipedia congruent) (en adjective)
  • Corresponding in character.
  • harmonious
  • (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
  • (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
  • (algebra) Satisfying a relation.

    • Usage notes

    * (en-usage-equal)

    Synonyms

    * congruous

    Derived terms

    * congruent number, congruent triangle

    correlation

    English

    (wikipedia correlation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects
  • (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
  • An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

    • Derived terms

    * autocorrelation * correlation coefficient * Pearson correlation

    Related terms

    * correlate