Equivalent vs Resemble - What's the difference?
equivalent | resemble |
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
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(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence; equinumerous.
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* 1950 , E. Kamke, Theory of Sets ,
* 2000 , N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis ,
* 2006 , Joseph Breuer, Introduction to the Theory of Sets ,
(mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
(chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
(cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
(geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
* Macaulay
(chemistry) An equivalent weight.
(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
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To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.x:
(obsolete) To counterfeit; to imitate.
* Holland
(obsolete) To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
In transitive terms the difference between equivalent and resemble
is that equivalent is to make equivalent to; to equal while resemble is To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.As an adjective equivalent
is similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.As a noun equivalent
is anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.equivalent
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(wikipedia equivalent)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent .
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- Finite sets A and B are equivalent sets only when n''(A) = ''n''(B) ''i.e. , the number of elements in A and B are equal.
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- All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.
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- Equivalent' sets should, by rights, have the same "number" of elements. For this reason we sometimes say that '''equivalent sets have the same ''cardinality .
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- The equivalence theorem: If both M is equivalent''' to a subset N1 of N and N is '''equivalent''' to a subset M1 of M, then the sets M and N are '''equivalent to each other.
- A square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Usage notes
* (en-usage-equal)Derived terms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent .
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Verb
- We will resemble you in that.
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- But what you've just described does resemble a person of that kind.
- The twins resemble each other.
- And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...].
- They can so well resemble man's speech.