Converse vs. Inverse
Converseverb
to talk; to engage in conversation
Converseverb
to keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
Converseverb
(obsolete) to have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study
Conversenoun
familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Conversenoun
the opposite or reverse
Conversenoun
(logic) of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true." equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".
Conversenoun
(semantics) one of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym
Converseadjective
opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
Converseverb
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; - followed by with.
Converseverb
To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; - followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.
Converseverb
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; - said of things.
Conversenoun
Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
Conversenoun
Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Conversenoun
A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.
Conversenoun
A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
Converseadjective
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Conversenoun
a proposition obtained by conversion
Converseverb
carry on a conversation
Converseadjective
of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other;
Converseadjective
turned about in order or relation;
Inverseadjective
Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Inverseadjective
Reverse, opposite in order.
Inverseadjective
(botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Inverseadjective
(mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
Inverseadjective
(geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
Inverseadjective
Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
Inversenoun
An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
Inversenoun
The result of an inversion, particularly:
Inversenoun
The reverse of any procedure or process.
Inversenoun
(mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
Inversenoun
(geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
Inversenoun
(logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
Inversenoun
(mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
Inversenoun
(addition) The negative of a given number.
Inversenoun
(multiplication) One divided by a given number.
Inversenoun
(functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
Inversenoun
(category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
Inversenoun
(card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
Inversenoun
A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
Inverseverb
(surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
Inverseadjective
Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; - opposed to direct.
Inverseadjective
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Inverseadjective
Opposite in nature and effect; - said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc or angle whose sine is x.
Inversenoun
That which is inverse.
Inversenoun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
Inverseadjective
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Inverseadjective
opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ;
