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Valency vs Equivalency - What's the difference?

valency | equivalency |

As nouns the difference between valency and equivalency

is that valency is (graph theory) the number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph while equivalency is (countable) an equivalent thing.

valency

English

(wikipedia valency)

Alternative forms

* valence

Noun

(valencies) (mostly UK)
  • (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph
  • (chemistry) valence
  • (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments

    • Synonyms

    * (graph theory) degree * (linguistics) valence

    equivalency

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • (countable) An equivalent thing.
  • (uncountable) equivalence