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addiction vs dependency

dependency vs addiction

addiction and dependency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
addiction Yes No No No
dependency Yes No No No
As nouns, addiction and dependency are synonyms defined as:
  • addiction and dependency: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Other synonyms of addiction include dependance, dependence, habituation.
addiction (noun) dependency (noun)
(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
an abnormally strong craving the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Difference between addiction and dependency

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