Equivalent vs. Ambivalent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Equivalent and Ambivalent
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Definitions
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.
Ambivalent➦
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
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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
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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
