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Dependant vs Dependee - What's the difference?

dependant | dependee |

As nouns the difference between dependant and dependee

is that dependant is a person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent) while dependee is an agent that is depended on by a depender, the target of a dependency (used in agent-oriented programming.

As an adjective dependant

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

dependant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
  • (US)
  • References

    * Merriam-Webster Indicating only US spelling is "dependent" (redirects, lists British spelling as a "variant".)'' * Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage , pp. 148-149. * Encarta Always a misspelling in US English, adjective and noun are differentiated in British English by spelling.

    dependee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (programming) An agent that is depended on by a depender, the target of a dependency (used in (agent-oriented programming))
  • Usage notes

    Technical term, not widely used in software engineering outside of (agent-oriented programming) but finds some use. In agent-oriented programming the antonym is depender, though in general usage the common term dependent is used instead. There is no common language equivalent for dependee', however – other metaphors are used instead, such as parent/child. The circumlocutions “A depends on B” and “B is depended on by A” are much more common in general use than “A is the depender, B is the ' dependee ”.

    Antonyms

    * depender