Difference between Tantamount and Equal

Tantamount

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To amount to as much; to be equivalent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something which has the same value or amount (as something else).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Equivalent in meaning or effect.

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.