different between tautological vs redundant

English

Etymology

tautology +? -ical

Adjective

tautological (comparative more tautological, superlative most tautological)

1. of, relating to, or using tautology
2. using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary

Related terms

• tautologically

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?n.d?nt/

Adjective

redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
2. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

   Four employees were made redundant.

4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
   • 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:

     The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

Antonyms

• non-redundant

Related terms

• redound
• redundance
• redundancy

Synonyms

• (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements

Translations

Further reading

• redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• redundant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin redundans.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.dun?dant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.dun?dan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.dun?dant/

Adjective

redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)

1. redundant

Derived terms

• redundantment

Related terms

• redundància
• redundar

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ed?n?dant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)

1. redundant

Declension

Synonyms

• über­zäh­lig

Related terms

• Redundanz

Further reading

• “redundant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

redundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of redund?

Romanian

Alternative forms

• redondant

Etymology

Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.dun?dant/

Adjective

redundant m or n (feminine singular redundant?, masculine plural redundan?i, feminine and neuter plural redundante)

1. redundant

Declension

Related terms

• redondan??