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Predictand vs Predicand - What's the difference?

predictand | predicand |

As nouns the difference between predictand and predicand

is that predictand is (mathematics) that which is to be predicted while predicand is (grammar) what a predicate relates to (usually the subject of a clause).

predictand

English

Noun

(wikipedia predictand) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) That which is to be predicted

    • predicand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) What a predicate relates to (usually the subject of a clause).
    • In, "''downhearted, he left,''" the predicand for ''downhearted'' is ''he'' (i.e. he was downhearted).

    References

    * Huddleston & Pullum. (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.