equality

Roget category 27

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity

#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality

noun

equality, parity, coextension^†, symmetry, balance, poise — evenness, monotony, level.
equivalence — equipollence^†, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance^† — par, quits, a wash — not a pin to choose — distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other — tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.] — identity etc. 13 — similarity etc. 17.
equalization, equation — equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment.
drawn game, drawn battle — neck and neck race — tie, draw, standoff, dead heat.
match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother — equivalent.

verb

be equal etc. adj. — equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast — come to, amount to, come up to — be on a level with, lie on a level with — balance — cope with — come to the same thing.
render equal etc. adj. — equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise — fit, accommodate — adapt etc. (render accordant) 23 — strike a balance — establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium — readjust — stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

adjective

equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate — on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with — up to the mark — equiparant^†.
equivalent, tantamount — indistinguishable — quits — homologous — synonymous etc. 522 — resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.
— much the same as, the same thing as, as good as — all one, all the same — equipollent, equiponderant^†, equiponderous^†, equibalanced^† — equalized etc. v. — drawn — half and half — isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric^†, isoperimetrical^† — isobath [Ocean.], isobathic [Ocean.].

adverb

equally etc. adj. — pari passu [Lat.], ad eundum [Lat.], caeteris paribus [Lat.] — in equilibrio [Lat.] — to all intents and purposes.

phrase

it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing — what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

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