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Covary vs Ovary - What's the difference?

covary | ovary |

As a verb covary

is (statistics) to vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive.

As a noun ovary is

(anatomy) a female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

covary

English

Verb

  • (statistics) To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive
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    • , passage=More specifically, to say that there is an informative criterion of diachronic identity is to say that facts of diachronic identity covary with facts about continuants’ instantaneous qualitative profiles

    Related terms

    * covariance * covariate

    ovary

    English

    (wikipedia ovary)

    Noun

    (ovaries)
  • (anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
    • The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries .
  • (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

    • Derived terms

    * ovarian * ovariectomy * ovaritis