Equivalent vs. Ambivalent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Equivalent and Ambivalent
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Equivalent
Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
An ambivalent attitude to Europe
Some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her
Equivalent
A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
The French equivalent of the Bank of England
Ambivalent
Exhibiting or feeling ambivalence.
Equivalent
The mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements.
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Ambivalent
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
Equivalent
Equal, as in value, force, or meaning.
Ambivalent
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.
Equivalent
Having similar or identical effects.
Ambivalent
Undecided as to whether or not to take a proposed course of action; having feelings both for and against the proposed action.
Equivalent
Being essentially equal, all things considered
A wish that was equivalent to a command.
Ambivalent
Characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes;
She felt ambivalent about his proposal
An ambivalent position on rent control
Equivalent
Capable of being put into a one-to-one relationship. Used of two sets.
Ambivalent
Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow;
Was ambivalent about having children
Equivalent
Having virtually identical or corresponding parts.
Equivalent
Of or relating to corresponding elements under an equivalence relation.
Equivalent
(Chemistry) Having the same ability to combine.
Equivalent
(Logic) Having equivalence
Equivalent propositions.
Equivalent
Something that is essentially equal to another
"The hand is not the biological equivalent of a hammer or a screwdriver.
The hand is a multipurpose tool like a Swiss Army knife" (Jonathan Gottschall).
Equivalent
(Chemistry) Equivalent weight.
Equivalent
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.
Equivalent
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
Equivalent
(mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
Equivalent
(chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
Equivalent
(cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
Equivalent
(geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
A square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Equivalent
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
Equivalent
(chemistry) An equivalent weight.
Equivalent
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.
Equivalent
Equal in worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.
Equivalent
Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; - applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Equivalent
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
Equivalent
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse orators.
Equivalent
That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.
Equivalent
A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
Equivalent
To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
Equivalent
A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc;
Send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
Equivalent
The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
Equivalent
Equal in amount or value;
Like amounts
Equivalent amounts
The same amount
Gave one six blows and the other a like number
An equal number
The same number
Equivalent
Being essentially equal to something;
It was as good as gold
A wish that was equivalent to a command
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt
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