If two things are basically the same, you can say that they're the equivalent of each other. Like, studying advanced physics is the equivalent of banging your head against the wall.
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
Noun
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
Noun
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"
Adjective S.
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"
Adjective
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"
a.
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import,
and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or
meaning.
a.
Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; --
applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
a.
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of
different countries.
n.
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value,
worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
n.
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.
n.
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.
v. t.
To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
Equivalent
For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.2.
Equivalent
He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent.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.2.
Equivalent
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force;
To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
Usage Examples
A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
I've always thought of beauty therapy, 'alternative' treatments and the like as the female equivalent of brothels - for essentially self-deceiving people who feel a bit hollow and have to pay to be touched.
Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.
I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.
Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
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Other Usage ExamplesA good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.
For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
In fact, I argue that the future of advertising, whatever the technology, will be to associate each brand with one word. This is one word equity. It's the modern equivalent of having the best site on the high street, except the location is in the mind.
In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.
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