Equivalency vs Similarity - What's the difference?
equivalency | similarity | Related terms |
(countable) An equivalent thing.
(uncountable) equivalence
Closeness of appearance to something else.
(philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
Equivalency is a related term of similarity.
As nouns the difference between equivalency and similarity
is that equivalency is (countable) an equivalent thing while similarity is closeness of appearance to something else.equivalency
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
similarity
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(similarities)- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.