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Recumbent vs Redundant - What's the difference?

recumbent | redundant |

As adjectives the difference between recumbent and redundant

is that recumbent is lying down while redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.

As a noun recumbent

is a bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

recumbent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lying down.
  • Inactive; idle.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.
  • Derived terms

    * recumbence * recumbency * recumbently * unrecumbent * unrecumbently

    See also

    * accumbent * diamond frame * prone * prostrate * supine ----

    redundant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  • Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  • (chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
  • Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
  • * 2013 , Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems , page 142:
  • The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

    Antonyms

    * non-redundant