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Dependants vs Depender - What's the difference?

dependants | depender |

As nouns the difference between dependants and depender

is that dependants is plural of dependant while depender is an agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming.

dependants

English

Noun

(head)

    • depender

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in (agent-oriented programming))

    • Usage notes

    Technical term, not widely used in software engineering outside of (agent-oriented programming); the common term dependent is used instead. In agent-oriented programming, the antonym is dependee, though there is no common language equivalent (other metaphors are used instead, such as parent/child). Further, the circumlocutions “A depends on B” and “B is depended on by A” are used for clarity.

    Synonyms

    * dependant, dependent

    Antonyms

    * dependee

    Related terms

    * dependency * dependum

    Related terms

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