Converse vs. Inverse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Converse and Inverse
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Definitions
Converse
To engage in an exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language.
Inverse
Reversed in order, nature, or effect.
Converse
(Archaic) To interact socially with others; associate.
Inverse
(Mathematics) Of or relating to an inverse or an inverse function.
Converse
An interchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language; conversation.
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Inverse
(Archaic) Turned upside down; inverted.
Converse
Social interaction.
Inverse
Something that is opposite, as in sequence or character; the reverse.
Converse
Something that has been reversed; an opposite.
Inverse
The reciprocal of a designated quantity. Also called multiplicative inverse.
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Converse
(Logic) A proposition obtained by conversion.
Inverse
The negative of a designated quantity. Also called additive inverse.
Converse
Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary.
Inverse
Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Converse
To talk; to engage in conversation.
Inverse
Reverse, opposite in order.
Converse
(followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
Inverse
(botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Converse
(obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
Inverse
(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.
Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
Converse
Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Inverse
(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. Category:en:Curves
A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
Converse
The opposite or reverse.
Inverse
Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
Converse
(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.".
All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.
Inverse
An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary.
321 is the inverse of 123.
Converse
(semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
Inverse
The result of an inversion, particularly:
Converse
Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
A converse proposition
Inverse
The reverse of any procedure or process.
Uninstalling is the inverse of installation.
Converse
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; - followed by with.
To seek the distant hills, and there converseWith nature.
Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.
But to converse with heaven -This is not easy.
Inverse
(mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
The inverse of a:b is b:a.
Converse
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.
CompanionsThat do converse and waste the time together.
We had conversed so often on that subject.
Inverse
(geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
The inverse P‘ of a point P is the point on a ray from the center O through P such that OP × OP‘ = r² or the set of all such points.
Converse
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; - said of things.
According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety.
Inverse
(logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
"Anything that isn't a dog doesn't go to heaven" is the inverse of "All dogs go to heaven." More generally, is the inverse of and is equivalent to the converse proposition .
Converse
Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
"T is but to holdConverse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
Inverse
(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:
Converse
Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Formed by thy converse happily to steerFrom grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Inverse
(addition) The negative of a given number.
The additive inverse of is , as , as is the additive identity element.
Converse
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.
Inverse
(multiplication) One divided by a given number.
The multiplicative inverse of is , as , as the multiplicative identity element.
Converse
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.
Inverse
(functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
The compositional inverse of a function is , as , as is the identity function. That is, .
Converse
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Inverse
(category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
Converse
A proposition obtained by conversion
Inverse
(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.
Converse
Carry on a conversation
Inverse
A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
Converse
Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other;
`parental' and `filial' are converse terms
Inverse
(surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
Converse
Turned about in order or relation;
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Inverse
Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; - opposed to direct.
Inverse
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Inverse
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.
Inverse
That which is inverse.
Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature.
Inverse
Something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
When the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
Inverse
Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Inverse
Opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ;
A term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)
