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Obsolescence vs Privity - What's the difference?

obsolescence | privity |

As nouns the difference between obsolescence and privity

is that obsolescence is the state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected while privity is a divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures.

obsolescence

English

(wikipedia obsolescence)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.
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  • (countable) The process of becoming obsolete, outmoded or out of date.
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    • Synonyms

    * obsoleteness (much less common) * obsoletion

    Derived terms

    * planned obsolescence

    Related terms

    * expiration * expiry * life span * obsolescent * obsolete * shelf life

    privity

    English

    Noun

    (privities)
  • (obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures.
  • (obsolete) A private matter, a secret.
  • Privacy, secrecy.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
    • Him oft and oft I askt in priuitie , / Of what loines and what lignage I did spring.
  • (archaic, in the plural) The genitals.
  • *, I.49:
    • Having ended the delights of nature, they were wont to wipe their privities with perfumed wooll.
  • (legal) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
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