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Implies vs Equivalence - What's the difference?

implies | equivalence |

As verbs the difference between implies and equivalence

is that implies is third-person singular of imply while equivalence is to be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

As a noun equivalence is

the condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.

implies

English

Verb

(head)
  • (imply)

    • imply

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
    • The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
  • (of a person) to suggest by logical inference
    • When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
  • (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
    • What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?
  • (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iv:
    • And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes .

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * (to have as a necessary consequence) entail * (to suggest tacitly) allude, hint, insinuate, suggest

    Related terms

    * implicate * implication * implicative * implicit * implicitness * implision

    See also

    * connotation * entail

    External links

    * *

    equivalence

    English

    (wikipedia equivalence)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (equivalenc)
  • To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)