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Converse vs Conversion - What's the difference?

converse | conversion |

In obsolete terms the difference between converse and conversion

is that converse is to have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study while conversion is the act of turning round; revolution; rotation.

In lang=en terms the difference between converse and conversion

is that converse is of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true."
equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs" while conversion is a change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.

As nouns the difference between converse and conversion

is that converse is (noun_discourse) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat while conversion is the act of converting something or someone.

As a verb converse

is to talk; to engage in conversation.

As an adjective converse

is opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.

converse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(convers)
  • (formal) To talk; to engage in conversation.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Companions / That do converse and waste the time together.
  • * Dryden
    • We had conversed so often on that subject.
  • To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with .
  • * Thomson
    • To seek the distant hills, and there converse / With nature.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.
  • * Wordsworth
    • But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.
  • (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
  • * John Locke
    • according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety
    Derived terms
    * conversation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
  • * 1728 , (Edward Young), Love of Fame, the Universal Passion , Satire V, On Women, lines 44-46:
    • Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day [...].
  • * 1919 , (Saki), ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umerleigh’, The Toys of Peace'', Penguin 2000 (''Complete Short Stories ), p. 405:
    • In a first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain, two Britons sat in friendly, fitful converse .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
    • a converse proposition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opposite or reverse.
  • (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true."''
    equivalently: ''given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs"     .
    • All trees are plants, but the converse , that all plants are trees, is not true.
    Derived terms
    * conversely

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms ----

    conversion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of converting something or someone.
    • His conversion to Islam
    The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Artificial conversion of water into ice.
  • (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
  • * 1988 , Crash (issue 59, December 1988)
    • Mike Follin also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel'' (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions ''Bubble Bobble'' (90%, Issue 45) and ''Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53).
  • (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
  • (rugby) A free-kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
  • (American football) An extra point scored by kicking a field goal after scoring a touchdown.
  • (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
  • (legal) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
    • the conversion of a horse
  • * Hudibras
    • Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods.
  • (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
  • (obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
  • (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
  • (math) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
    • the conversion''' of equations; the '''conversion of proportions

    Antonyms

    * deconversion

    Related terms

    * convert

    See also

    * penalty ----