tantamount

Equal in effect

Tantamount means equivalent in effect or value, though not identical in form: Silence in such cases is tantamount to consent.

The word almost always appears with "to" and typically describes something that amounts to or equals something else in practical terms: The general's retreat was tantamount to surrender.

equivalence

equal

Identical in amount

indistinguishable · synonymous · commensurate · coequal · alike · corresponding · matching · parallel · analogous · comparable

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equivalence

tantamountdifferent

Not the same

unequal · distinct · dissimilar · unlike · opposite

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amount, equivalent, amounts, amounted, amounting

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