What is the difference between 'duality' and 'dichotomy'?
7
What is the difference between duality and dichotomy?
Although they sound very much alike to me. But there is a subtle difference between both. I don't know what 😅
word-difference
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
7
What is the difference between duality and dichotomy?
Although they sound very much alike to me. But there is a subtle difference between both. I don't know what 😅
word-difference
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago
add a comment |
7
7
7
What is the difference between duality and dichotomy?
Although they sound very much alike to me. But there is a subtle difference between both. I don't know what 😅
word-difference
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
What is the difference between duality and dichotomy?
Although they sound very much alike to me. But there is a subtle difference between both. I don't know what 😅
word-difference
word-difference
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
edited 20 hours ago
RubioRic
4,75211033
4,75211033
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
asked yesterday
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
13
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.
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
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
1
@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
|
show 3 more comments
3
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.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "481"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
draft saved
draft discarded
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f195813%2fwhat-is-the-difference-between-duality-and-dichotomy%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
13
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.
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
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
1
@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
|
show 3 more comments
13
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.
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
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
1
@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
|
show 3 more comments
13
13
13
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.
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
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.
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
answered 23 hours ago
JasperJasper
17.7k43367
17.7k43367
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
1
@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
|
show 3 more comments
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
1
@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
2
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
@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
1
1
@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
@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
|
show 3 more comments
3
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.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
3
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.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
3
3
3
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.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
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.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
edited 17 hours ago
Lucian Sava
8,964113070
8,964113070
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
answered 18 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
695
695
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
draft saved
draft discarded
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language Learners Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
draft saved
draft discarded
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f195813%2fwhat-is-the-difference-between-duality-and-dichotomy%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Frankly, this is a simple look-up in any dictionary. Questions are supposed to contain minimum research and not be, usually, completely open ended.
– Lambie
10 hours ago