dichotomy

dichotomie

Séparation ou différence nette entre deux groupes, idées ou choses, souvent considérés comme opposés.

En anglais simple : A division or clear difference between two groups, ideas, or things, often treated as opposites.

• There is a dichotomy between work and leisure.
• That choice creates a false dichotomy.
• The film explores the dichotomy between rich and poor.

Comment l'utiliser : dichotomy between A and B (She questioned the dichotomy between art and science.)

Synonymes : division, split

Expressions courantes : false dichotomy, dichotomy between things, clear dichotomy

dichotomie, bifurcation

Division d’une tige en croissance ou d’un conduit du corps en deux branches, parfois répétée.

En anglais simple : The splitting of a growing stem or body tube into two branches, sometimes happening repeatedly.

• The stem shows dichotomy near its tip.
• Repeated dichotomy gives the plant a forked shape.
• The diagram illustrates dichotomy of a vein.

Synonymes : bifurcation, branching

Expressions courantes : stem dichotomy, successive dichotomy, dichotomy of something