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Injective vs Invective - What's the difference?

injective | invective |

As an adjective injective

is (mathematics) of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic.

As a verb invective is

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injective

English

Adjective

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  • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic.

    • Synonyms

    * one-to-one

    Derived terms

    * injective cogenerator * injective dimension * injective function * injective hull * injective map * injective module * injective object * injective patch * injective sheaf

    Related terms

    * injectively

    invective

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
  • A severe or violent censure or reproach.
  • Something spoken or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another.
  • *'>citation
  • A harsh or reproachful accusation.
    • Politics can raise invective to a low art.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by invection or railing.
    • Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.

    Synonyms

    * (characterized by invection or railing) abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative (Webster 1913) ----