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Relevancy vs Pertinency - What's the difference?

relevancy | pertinency |

As nouns the difference between relevancy and pertinency

is that relevancy is (legal|scotland) sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence while pertinency is the quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.

relevancy

English

(wikipedia relevancy)

Noun

  • (legal, Scotland) Sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
  • (uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.
  • *1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Myster of Marie Rogêt’:
  • *:It is the malpractice of the courts to confine evidence and discussion to the bounds of apparent relevancy .
  • (countable) A relevant thing.
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    • Usage notes

    * In contemporary usage (relevance) is about 20 times more common in the US (COCA) and about 50 times more common in the UK (BNC) than this term.

    Antonyms

    * irrelevancy

    Related terms

    * relevant * relevance

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    pertinency

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
  • * Bentley
    • The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.