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Relevance vs Appositeness - What's the difference?

relevance | appositeness | Related terms |

Relevance is a related term of appositeness.


As nouns the difference between relevance and appositeness

is that relevance is the property or state of being relevant or pertinent while appositeness is the state of being apposite.

relevance

English

Alternative forms

* relevancy (much less common)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.

    • Synonyms

    * bearing * pertinence

    Antonyms

    * irrelevance

    Related terms

    * relevant

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    appositeness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being apposite
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  • *1921 , Lytton Strachey,
    • For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and imbecility. Sometimes, propped up in his chair, he would be heard to murmur, with unexpected appositeness , the words of Samson [...]