Are duality and dichotomy synonymous?
Dichotomy deals with sub categories of something
Like, herbivores and carnivores are the sub categories of terrestrial animals.
Now what is duality?
White and black, love and hate are some examples of duality
But they can be an example of dichotomy as well.
If we put em back into one category .
White-black (Colors)
Love-Hate (emotions)
So, isn't the definition of duality and dichotomy overlapping?
Top answer
seraph42 Are duality and dichotomy synonymous? No. Duality is when one thing has two elements or aspects.
- seraph42 Are duality and dichotomy synonymous?
- No.
- Duality is when one thing has two elements or aspects.
- For example, you may feel that there are both advantages and disadvantages to living in the city you live in.
- That's a duality.
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seraph42 Are duality and dichotomy synonymous?
No.
Duality is when one thing has two elements or aspects. For example, you may feel that there are both advantages and disadvantages to living in the city you live in. That's a duality. Or, in physics, there is the wave-particle duality of light — two aspects of light. Sometimes it acts like a wave,
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