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Multiset vs Multigraph - What's the difference?

multiset | multigraph |

As nouns the difference between multiset and multigraph

is that multiset is (set theory) a generalization of a set: a container, in which, unlike for set, an element can be present multiple times while multigraph is (mathematics|graph theory) a set v (whose elements are called (term) or (term)), taken together with a multiset e, each of whose elements (called an (edge) or (line)) is a cardinality-two multisubset of v.

multiset

Noun

(en noun)
  • (set theory) A generalization of a set: a container, in which, unlike for set, an element can be present multiple times.
  • Two words are anagrams if they are made up of the same multiset of letters.

    Synonyms

    * bag

    Hyponyms

    * set

    multigraph

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics, graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called (term) or (term)), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an (edge) or (line)) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
  • (mathematics, graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
  • Synonyms

    * pseudograph

    Hyponyms

    * multidigraph