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User669 Posted 7 years ago
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What is the difference between?

Duality and Dichotomy?
  

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You need to refer to a dictionary for full definitions, bu here is the general idea. eg Roger Bannister's career had a duality. He was a gifted athlete and an outstanding neurologist.

  • You need to refer to a dictionary for full definitions, bu here is the general idea.
  • eg Roger Bannister's career had a duality.
  • He was a gifted athlete and an outstanding neurologist.
  • dichotomy refers to a division into two parts where the two parts are contradictory in some way.
  • eg There is a dichotomy in my feelings for you.
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You need to refer to a dictionary for full definitions, bu here is the general idea. duality refers to the state of having two parts.eg Roger Bannister's career had a duality. He was a gifted athlete and an outstanding neurologist.
dichotomy refers to a division into two parts where the two parts are contradictory in some way.
eg There is a dichotomy in my feelings for y
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A dichotomy is the division of a whole into two things that are contradictory or completely different.
One of the fundamental dichotomies in classical physics was that between energy and matter.

Duality is the property of having two aspects.
In physics light is sometimes explained as a particle and sometimes as a wave. That is the duality of light.

CJ

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