Dependancy vs Dependency - What's the difference?
dependancy | dependency |
* 1858 , Hercules Robinson, Sea drift (page 92)
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
As nouns the difference between dependency and dependancy
is that dependency is a state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative while dependancy is archaic form of lang=en.dependancy
English
Noun
- One thing we may learn from Spain as she is, namely, the management of colonies. "Sweet are the uses of adversity;" and the "precious jewel" in this case is to be found in Spanish dependancies .
dependency
English
Noun
(dependencies)- Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
- In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
- This library has a lot of dependencies . We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
