Difference between Coequal and Equal

What is the difference between Coequal and Equal?

Coequal as a noun is an equal person or thing while Equal as a noun is a person or thing of equal status to others.

Coequal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An equal person or thing

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: equal to each other in size, rank or position

Equal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be equal to, to have the same value as.To have as its consequence.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The same in all respects.Exactly identical, having the same value.Unvarying, fair.Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person or thing of equal status to others.

Example sentence: Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

We hope you now know whether to use Coequal or Equal in your sentence.

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