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Irrelevancy vs Relevancy - What's the difference?

irrelevancy | relevancy | Antonyms |

Relevancy is a antonym of irrelevancy.



In uncountable terms the difference between irrelevancy and relevancy

is that irrelevancy is the quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection while relevancy is the degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.

In countable terms the difference between irrelevancy and relevancy

is that irrelevancy is a thing that is irrelevant—having no bearing on the subject of discussion while relevancy is a relevant thing.

irrelevancy

English

Noun

  • (label) The quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection.
  • (label) A thing that is irrelevant—having no bearing on the subject of discussion.
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    relevancy

    Noun

  • (legal, Scotland) Sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
  • (uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.
  • *1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Myster of Marie Rogêt’:
  • *:It is the malpractice of the courts to confine evidence and discussion to the bounds of apparent relevancy .
  • (countable) A relevant thing.
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  • Usage notes

    * In contemporary usage (relevance) is about 20 times more common in the US (COCA) and about 50 times more common in the UK (BNC) than this term.

    Antonyms

    * irrelevancy