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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread resilience/resilency and other "ncy" words #206533 07/29/2012 11:43 AM Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1 J Linn stranger J Linn stranger Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1 i came across the word "resiliency" in a sports column and wondered: "What happened to resilience?" which means the same? Then it occurred to me there is a group of abstract nouns formed from adjectives that follow the same pattern. Constance/constancy. Hesitance/hesitancy. Dependence/dependency. And so on. (But not independence/independency.) What is going on here? Why the duplication? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: resilience/resilency and other "ncy" words J Linn #206535 07/29/2012 1:25 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Maybe its just personal choice.... Good observation though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: resilience/resilency and other "ncy" words Candy #206589 08/04/2012 7:43 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,470 Likes: 11 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,470 Likes: 11 London, UK But they're not always interchangeable: "His excellence and constancy are an example to us all." "His Excellency and Constance are an example to us all." Then there's emergence/emergency... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: resilience/resilency and other "ncy" words J Linn #206590 08/04/2012 8:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I hope you're not expecting consistency from language, nor consistence neither. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,268 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 6 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,128 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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