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Proposition vs Equipollence - What's the difference?

proposition | equipollence |

As nouns the difference between proposition and equipollence

is that proposition is (uncountable) the act of offering (an idea) for consideration while equipollence is the condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.

As a verb proposition

is to propose a plan to (someone).

proposition

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  • (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
  • (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  • (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  • (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion.
  • (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  • (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  • A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
    • the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Some persons change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
  • (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of offering an idea for consideration) proposal, suggestion * (idea or plan offered) proposal, suggestion * (terms offered) proposal * (content of an assertion) statement * (proposed statute or constitutional amendment)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To propose a plan to (someone).
  • To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature.

    • Related terms

    * propose

    Derived terms

    * propositional ----

    equipollence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * equipollency

    Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
    • {{quote-book
    , year = 1906 , isbn = , date = , author = (Mary Baker Eddy) , publisher = Harper and Row , title = Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , volume = , url = https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Science_and_Health_with_Key_to_the_Scriptures_(1906).djvu/126 , page = 110 , chapter = Chapter VI — Science, Theology, Medicine , passage = Thus it was that I beheld, as never before, the awful unreality called evil. The equipollence of God brought to light another glorious proposition, — man’s perfectibility and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth. }}
    (Boyle)
  • (logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.