Re: Morally equivalent

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com> writes:

> I personally find "morally equivalent" or "almost equivalent" clearer
> than "similar": "similar" could refer to any other aspect of the
> object, besides the functionality.

We can do better, going from "equivalent" to "typically equivalent" to
"sometimes equivalent" to "rarely equivalent" to "never equivalent".

If virtually all native and non-native, technical and non-technical,
English speakers across in the world understand "typically equivalent",
why would we say "morally equivalent", which few understand clearly?

P.S. Personally, I would read "morally" in this context as a typo.

Rudy
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Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
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