Reciprocity vs Equivalence - What's the difference?
reciprocity | equivalence |
The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
A reciprocal relationship.
A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations.
(psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation;
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
a Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
As nouns the difference between reciprocity and equivalence
is that reciprocity is the characteristic of being reciprocal, eg of a relationship between people while equivalence is equivalence.reciprocity
English
Noun
(reciprocity)- In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.
equivalence
English
(wikipedia equivalence)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(equivalenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)