different between similarity vs complementarity

similarity

English

Etymology

From French similarité.

Morphologically similar +? -ity

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?m??læ??ti/
  • Rhymes: -æ??ti

Noun

similarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)

  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
    • Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
  3. (mathematics) A transformation that preserves angles and the ratios of distances

Synonyms

  • resemblance

Antonyms

  • difference

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • likeness
  • alikeness

similarity From the web:

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  • what is the greatest similarity between the two works


complementarity

English

Etymology

complementary +? -ity.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?mpl?m?n?tæ??ti/, /?k?mpl?m?n?t????ti/

Noun

complementarity (countable and uncountable, plural complementarities)

  1. The state or characteristic of being complementary.
    • 1987 April 2, Kenneth N. Gilpin, "2 Forecasting Firms to Merge," New York Times (retrieved 1 April 2014):
      "Synergy is one of the most overused words in the English language, but there is a tremendous complementarity to these organizations."
  2. (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) A semantic relationship between two words wherein negative use of one entails the affirmative of the other with no gradability; the relation of binary antonyms.

Translations

complementarity From the web:

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  • what complementarity of structure and function
  • what does complementarity mean
  • what is complementarity in geography
  • what is complementarity in biology
  • what is complementarity law in computer
  • what is complementarity in research
  • what is complementarity in economics
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