Relativity vs Relative - What's the difference?
relativity | relative |
The state of being relative to something else.
(physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers.
(relativity) Either of two theories (special relativity or general relativity) developed by German-American physicist . Also called Einsteinian relativity .
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
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Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
(grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
Relevant; pertinent; related.
Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Relative is a related term of relativity.
As nouns the difference between relativity and relative
is that relativity is the state of being relative to something else while relative is someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.As an adjective relative is
connected to or depending on something else; comparative.relativity
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(wikipedia relativity) (-)relative
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Adjective
(-)Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
- For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
- ''The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http&
- x3A;//example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.
- relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
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* comparative * conditional * limitedAntonyms
* absolute * unlimitedDerived terms
* relative toNoun
(en noun)- Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
