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Expectations vs Expectancy - What's the difference?

expectations | expectancy |

As nouns the difference between expectations and expectancy

is that expectations is plural of lang=en while expectancy is expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

expectations

English

Noun

(head)

    • expectancy

    English

    Noun

    (expectancies)
  • expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
    • (Milton)
  • the state of being expected
  • something expected or awaited
  • * Shakespeare
    • The expectancy and rose of the fair state.

    Synonyms

    * expectingness

    Derived terms

    * life expectancy