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Relevancy vs Relevance - What's the difference?

relevancy | relevance |

Relevance is a alternative form of relevancy.

Relevance is a related term of relevancy.



As nouns the difference between relevancy and relevance

is that relevancy is sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence while relevance is the property or state of being relevant or pertinent.

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

    External links

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    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

    External links

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