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Lookalike vs Disjunction - What's the difference?

lookalike | disjunction |

As nouns the difference between lookalike and disjunction

is that lookalike is someone who physically resembles (looks like) someone else while disjunction is act of disjoining; disunion, separation.

lookalike

English

Alternative forms

* look-alike

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who physically resembles (looks like) someone else.
    • The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did.

    disjunction

    English

    (wikipedia disjunction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • act of disjoining; disunion, separation
  • state of being disjoined
  • (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
  • (mathematics) a logical operator that results in true when some of its operands are true.
  • (biology) During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

    • Coordinate terms

    * (in mathematics) conjunction

    Hypernyms

    * (in mathematics) logical connective

    Hyponyms

    * (in logic) inclusive disjunction * (in logic) exclusive disjunction

    Meronyms

    * (in logic) disjunct

    Derived terms

    * disjunctive normal form

    Related terms

    * disjoin * disjoint * disjunct * disjunctive

    See also

    * conjunction

    References

    * "Disjunction" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy * "Disjunction" in Wolfram MathWorld *