different between dependency vs independency

English

Etymology

dependent +? -cy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?nd?nsi/

Noun

dependency (countable and uncountable, plural dependencies)

1. A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

2. Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:

3. A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

   Synonyms: colony, protectorate, province, dominion
4. A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.

   Synonym: addiction

5. (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

6. (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.

Derived terms

• Ross Dependency

Related terms

• dependee, depender
• dependence

Translations

English

Etymology

independent +? -cy

Noun

independency (countable and uncountable, plural independencies)

1. (obsolete) Independence.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 19:

     All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].

   • 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence:

     A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.

   • 1860 William Makepeace Thackeray, Lovel, the Widower, Chapter 1:

     I found myself in possession of a small independency

2. An independent territory or state.