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Ubiquity vs Popularity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ubiquity and popularity

is that ubiquity is the state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence while popularity is the quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

ubiquity

English

(wikipedia ubiquity)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • (countable, sciences) Anything that is found to be ubiquitous within a specified area.

    • Antonyms

    * uniquity

    popularity

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.
  • (archaic) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
    • This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. — Ben Jonson.
  • (archaic) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
    • Popularities , and circumstances which sway the ordinary judgment. — Bacon.
  • (obsolete) The act of courting the favour of the people.
    • Indicted for popularity and ambition. — Holland.
  • (archaic) Public sentiment; general passion.
    • A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. — Bancroft.

    Derived terms

    * popularity contest

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