Redundant vs Duplicitous - What's the difference?
redundant | duplicitous |
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:
As adjectives the difference between redundant and duplicitous
is that redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary while duplicitous is given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.redundant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
