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Dependency vs Independency - What's the difference?

dependency | independency |

As nouns the difference between dependency and independency

is that dependency is a state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative while independency is independence.

dependency

English

Noun

(dependencies)
  • A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
    • Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
  • Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
    • In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
  • 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.
    • This library has a lot of dependencies . We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

    Related terms

    * dependee, depender

    independency

    English

    Noun

    (independencies)
  • Independence.
  • * 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the (United States Declaration of Independence):
    • A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.
  • An independent territory or state.