What is the difference between equivalence and analogy?
equivalence | analogy |
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation;
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
a Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
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As nouns the difference between equivalence and analogy
is that equivalence is the condition of being equivalent or essentially equal while analogy is a relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.As a verb equivalence
is to be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.equivalence
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(wikipedia equivalence)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(equivalenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
analogy
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(wikipedia analogy)Noun
(analogies)- Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.
- Is there any analogy , in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?
- The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.
How to Write Programs," Time , 3 Jan.:
- Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy : hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
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- A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.
