different between mutual vs reciprocation

English

Alternative forms

• mut. (abbreviation)
• mutuall (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin m?tuus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mju?t??u?l/

Adjective

mutual (comparative more mutual, superlative most mutual)

1. Having the same relationship, each to each other.

2. Collective, done or held in common.

3. Reciprocal.

4. Possessed in common.
   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808 (page 216)

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

5. (Relating to a company, insurance or financial institution) Owned by the members.

Synonyms

• (done or held in common): mutual, shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
• (reciprocal): reciprocative; see also Thesaurus:reciprocal

Translations

Noun

mutual (plural mutuals)

1. A mutual fund.
2. (business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.
3. (Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.

Translations

Anagrams

• umlaut

Romanian

Etymology

From French mutuel

Adjective

mutual m or n (feminine singular mutual?, masculine plural mutuali, feminine and neuter plural mutuale)

1. reciprocal

Declension

Related terms

• mutualism
• mutualitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?twal/, [mu?t?wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mu?tual

Adjective

mutual (plural mutuales)

1. mutual

   Synonym: mutuo

Derived terms

• mutualidad

Further reading

• “mutual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

reciprocate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reciprocation (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocations)

1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning

2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

     ... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.

Translations

See also

• requital
• retaliation

References

• reciprocation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• reciprocation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “reciprocation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN