different between alike vs equivalent

English

Etymology

From Middle English alike, alyke, alyche, aleche, and earlier ilike, ilik, ylike, yliche, ylich, elik, ?elic, from Old English ?el?? (“like; alike; similar; equal”) and Old English onl??, anl?? ("like; similar; equal"; > Middle English anlike, onlich (compare German ähnlich), reinforced by Old Norse álíkr, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz (“alike, similar”). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke (“like, alike”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like, alike”), West Frisian lyk, gelyk (“like, alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German Low German liek, gliek (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Swedish lik (“like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??la?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Adjective

alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)

1. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

   The twins were alike.

Derived terms

• alikeness

Translations

Adverb

alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)

1. In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

Derived terms

• share and share alike

Translations

Anagrams

• Kalie, alkie

English

Alternative forms

• æquivalent (archaic)

Etymology

equi- +? -valent.From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequival?ns, present active participle of aequivale? (“I am equivalent, have equal power”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kw?v?l?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kw?v?l?nt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kw?v?l?nt/

Adjective

equivalent (comparative more equivalent, superlative most equivalent)

1. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

   • For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.

   Synonym: on a par

2. (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.

   Synonym: equinumerous

   • c. 2005, P N Gupta Kulbhushan, Comprehensive MCQ's in Mathematics, page 3:

     Finite sets A and B are equivalent sets only when n(A) = n(B) i.e., the number of elements in A and B are equal.

   • 1950, E. Kamke, Theory of Sets, page 16:

     All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.

   • 2000, N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis, page 18:

     Equivalent sets should, by rights, have the same "number" of elements. For this reason we sometimes say that equivalent sets have the same cardinality.

   • 2006, Joseph Breuer, Introduction to the Theory of Sets, page 41:

     The equivalence theorem: If both M is equivalent to a subset N₁ of N and N is equivalent to a subset M₁ of M, then the sets M and N are equivalent to each other.

3. (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
4. (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
5. (cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
6. (geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.

Usage notes

• In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equivalent", "A is equivalent to B", and, less commonly, "A is equivalent with B".

Derived terms

• equivalently
• equivalent weight

Translations

Noun

equivalent (plural equivalents)

1. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
2. (chemistry) An equivalent weight.

Derived terms

• certainty equivalent

Translations

Verb

equivalent (third-person singular simple present equivalents, present participle equivalenting, simple past and past participle equivalented)

1. (transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aequival?ns, attested from 1696.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.ki.v??lent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.ki.b??len/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.ki.va?lent/

Adjective

equivalent (masculine and feminine plural equivalents)

1. equivalent

Related terms

• equivalència
• equivaler

Further reading

• “equivalent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “equivalent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “equivalent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aequivalentie (dated, superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French équivalent, from Latin aequival?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.k?i.va??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: equi?va?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

equivalent (not comparable)

1. equivalent

Inflection

Derived terms

• equivalentie

Noun

equivalent n (plural equivalenten)

1. equivalent

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin aequival?ns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

equivalent m (feminine singular equivalenta, masculine plural equivalents, feminine plural equivalentas)

1. equivalent

Related terms

• equivaléncia
• equivaler