different between hogwash vs inequality

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog +? wash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??w??/

Noun

hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)

1. (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

   Synonyms: nonsense; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
2. (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]

   Synonyms: slop, slops, swill

Related terms

• pigwash
• pigswill from swill
• See Derived terms of wash

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• inæquality (archaic, rare)

Etymology

From Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from inaequalis (“unequal”), from in- (“not”) + aequalis (“equal”).

Morphologically inequal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n?kw?l'?t?, IPA^(key): /??n??kw?l?ti/

Noun

inequality (countable and uncountable, plural inequalities)

1. An unfair, not equal, state.

   The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.

2. (mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: ${\displaystyle <}$ or ${\displaystyle \leq }$ or ${\displaystyle >}$ or ${\displaystyle \geq }$ or ${\displaystyle \neq }$, as appropriate.

   The inequality ${\displaystyle x}$ is less than ${\displaystyle y}$, together with that ${\displaystyle y<z}$, allows us to deduce the inequality ${\displaystyle x<z}$.

Synonyms

• (statement in mathematics): inequation

Hyponyms

• Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
• triangle inequality

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See also

• ?