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Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.

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A "dichotomy" splits a category into two subcategories. A "false dichotomy" is a logical error that incorrectly asserts that something must be in one category or the other; it claims the thing cannot be both or partway in between.



A "duality" describes two aspects of a single thing. For example, applying the "wave-particle duality" principle to light says that for some purposes, a small enough amount of light behaves like a particle; and for other purposes, it behaves like a wave.






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  • Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

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  • "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

    – Jasper
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  • @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

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    @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

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Unlike dichotomy ,duality can be used with both complementary and opposite things.
For example:




The duality of worshipping Aphrodite with Adonis




whereas a dichotomy is always the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory.






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    A "dichotomy" splits a category into two subcategories. A "false dichotomy" is a logical error that incorrectly asserts that something must be in one category or the other; it claims the thing cannot be both or partway in between.



    A "duality" describes two aspects of a single thing. For example, applying the "wave-particle duality" principle to light says that for some purposes, a small enough amount of light behaves like a particle; and for other purposes, it behaves like a wave.






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    • Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

      – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
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    • "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

      – Jasper
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    • @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

      – Jasper
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      @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

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    A "dichotomy" splits a category into two subcategories. A "false dichotomy" is a logical error that incorrectly asserts that something must be in one category or the other; it claims the thing cannot be both or partway in between.



    A "duality" describes two aspects of a single thing. For example, applying the "wave-particle duality" principle to light says that for some purposes, a small enough amount of light behaves like a particle; and for other purposes, it behaves like a wave.






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    • Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

      – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
      21 hours ago











    • "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago











    • @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago








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      @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

      – Cort Ammon
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    A "dichotomy" splits a category into two subcategories. A "false dichotomy" is a logical error that incorrectly asserts that something must be in one category or the other; it claims the thing cannot be both or partway in between.



    A "duality" describes two aspects of a single thing. For example, applying the "wave-particle duality" principle to light says that for some purposes, a small enough amount of light behaves like a particle; and for other purposes, it behaves like a wave.






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    A "dichotomy" splits a category into two subcategories. A "false dichotomy" is a logical error that incorrectly asserts that something must be in one category or the other; it claims the thing cannot be both or partway in between.



    A "duality" describes two aspects of a single thing. For example, applying the "wave-particle duality" principle to light says that for some purposes, a small enough amount of light behaves like a particle; and for other purposes, it behaves like a wave.







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    • Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

      – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
      21 hours ago











    • "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago











    • @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago








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      @StewartGilliganGriffin: Stack Exchange explicitly encourages you to write an answer to your own question if you have figure out an answer to your own question. In fact, it is even encouraged to post a question with the sole intent of answering it yourself (there is even an answer box right underneath the question box so that you can post both at the same time). Like always, do make sure that you follow all the rules, though.

      – Jörg W Mittag
      19 hours ago






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      @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

      – Cort Ammon
      10 hours ago



















    • Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

      – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
      21 hours ago











    • "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago











    • @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

      – Jasper
      21 hours ago








    • 2





      @StewartGilliganGriffin: Stack Exchange explicitly encourages you to write an answer to your own question if you have figure out an answer to your own question. In fact, it is even encouraged to post a question with the sole intent of answering it yourself (there is even an answer box right underneath the question box so that you can post both at the same time). Like always, do make sure that you follow all the rules, though.

      – Jörg W Mittag
      19 hours ago






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      @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

      – Cort Ammon
      10 hours ago

















    Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

    – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
    21 hours ago





    Can duality be used to mean duplicity. Since it duality means to be dual. And duplicity means to be dual faced?

    – Stewart Gilligan Griffin
    21 hours ago













    "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

    – Jasper
    21 hours ago





    "Two-faced" and "snake-tongued" are much better synonyms for "duplicity" than "duality". "Duality" usually refers to complementary things (such as the two monarchies of Sparta, or the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Austro-Hungarian empire), not to opposite things.

    – Jasper
    21 hours ago













    @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

    – Jasper
    21 hours ago







    @StewartGilliganGriffin -- Another example of your point: the "dual" of a mathematical problem involves negating various aspects of the original problem.

    – Jasper
    21 hours ago






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    @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

    – Cort Ammon
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    @StewartGilliganGriffin And you could use good and evil as either a dichotomy or a duality, but the intended meaning would change depending on which word you use. If you use it as a dichotomy, you would be arguing "There are good things, and there are evil things." If you use it as a duality, you would be saying something like "There can't be good without evil, and there can't be evil without good."

    – Cort Ammon
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    Unlike dichotomy ,duality can be used with both complementary and opposite things.
    For example:




    The duality of worshipping Aphrodite with Adonis




    whereas a dichotomy is always the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory.






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      Unlike dichotomy ,duality can be used with both complementary and opposite things.
      For example:




      The duality of worshipping Aphrodite with Adonis




      whereas a dichotomy is always the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory.






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        Unlike dichotomy ,duality can be used with both complementary and opposite things.
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        The duality of worshipping Aphrodite with Adonis




        whereas a dichotomy is always the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory.






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        Unlike dichotomy ,duality can be used with both complementary and opposite things.
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        The duality of worshipping Aphrodite with Adonis




        whereas a dichotomy is always the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory.







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