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Veracity vs Autonomy - What's the difference?

veracity | autonomy |

As nouns the difference between veracity and autonomy

is that veracity is truthfulness while autonomy is self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

veracity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Truthfulness
  • (countable) Something that is true
  • (uncountable) Accuracy or precision
  • act of being exact and accurate.
  • correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * veracious * verifiable * verification * verify * veritable * verity

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    autonomy

    English

    Noun

  • Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
  • (label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
  • (label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
  • (label) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

    Antonyms

    * (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability * (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity

    Derived terms

    * autonomic * autonomous, autonomously