Parity vs Different - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
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(mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even'' and ''odd elements.
(mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
(physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
(games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
(medicine, countable) The number of times a woman has given birth.
(agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
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Distinct, separate; (used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity).
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As a noun parity
is (uncountable) equality; comparability of strength or intensity or parity can be (medicine|countable) the number of times a woman has given birth.As a verb different is
.parity
English
(wikipedia parity)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
- Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
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- Parity is always preserved in such operations.
- The particles' parities can switch at random.
Antonyms
* chiralityDerived terms
* brand parity * parity bitEtymology 2
From (etyl) paritas, fromNoun
(parities)different
English
(wikipedia different)Adjective
(en adjective)- Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are different from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people.
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities.
Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Usage notes
* (not the same) Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective may be construed with one of the prepositions (from), (to), and (than), or with the subordinating conjunction (than).- Pleasure is different from'''/'''than'''/'''to''' happiness.''
- ''It's different '''than''' ''(or '''''from what'' )'' I expected.