Dependency vs. Dependancy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dependency and Dependancy
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Definitions
Dependency➦
A country or province controlled by another
The islands became dependencies of Norway and Denmark
Dependancy➦
Dependence.
Dependency➦
Dependence
The country's dependency on the oil industry
Dependancy➦
Something dependent or subordinate.
Dependency➦
Dependence.
Dependancy➦
A minor territory under the jurisdiction of a government.
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Dependency➦
Something dependent or subordinate.
Dependancy➦
Archaic form of dependency
Dependency➦
A minor territory under the jurisdiction of a government.
Dependency➦
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
Dependency➦
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
Dependency➦
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
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Dependency➦
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
Dependency➦
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
Dependency➦
(computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.
Dependency➦
State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other.
So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England.
Dependency➦
A thing hanging down; a dependence.
Dependency➦
That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
This earth and its dependencies.
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances.
Dependency➦
A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Dependency➦
Lack of independence or self-sufficiency
Dependency➦
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Dependency➦
A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
