different between sameness vs correspondence

English

Etymology

From same +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?se?mn?s/
• Hyphenation: same?ness

Noun

sameness (plural samenesses)

1. The quality of being the same; identity.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sameness

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., Chapter XXXIV, p. 391, [1]

     All of them agreed that the working-classes must be kept in their place; and all of them perceived that American Democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary.

   • 1997, Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus, translated by John E. Woods, New York: Vintage, 1999, Chapter XX, p. 182,

     However strange it may sound, it always seemed to me […] that Adrian's laughter-filled friendship with Schildknapp had something to do with the sameness of their eye color

2. The state of being equivalent; equality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:equality

3. A tiring lack of variety; monotony.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tedium

   • 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book IV, Chapter II, [2]

     […] in the time when day follows day in dull, unexpectant sameness, and trial is a dreary routine,—it is then that despair threatens […]

Translations

English

Etymology

Morphologically correspond +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?"r?sp?n'd?ns, IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?ns/

Noun

correspondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)

1. (uncountable) Friendly discussion.
3. (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
4. (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
5. (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
6. (countable) A postal or other written communication.
7. (uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
8. (set theory, countable) A relation.
9. (theology) According to Swedenborg, a relationship of similarity between physical and spiritual things, such as that of light to wisdom, or warmth to love.

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See also

• correspondent