Learn English – A word for when two statements are both true or both false

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Is there a word which basically means that there are two statements that are both true, or both false, but not one true and one false? In computing, we call this a bitwise and.

3 * 3 = 9
4 * 4 = 16

Both of those statements evaluate true, so I would want the word to apply here.

3 * 3 = 10
4 * 4 = 15

Both of these statements evaluate false, so I would want the word to apply here as well.

3 * 3 = 9
4 * 4 = 15

However, here, both statements disagree (one true, one false) and so the word shouldn't apply here.

Does such a word exist?

Best Answer

In logic seminar, we used to say that

Two statements have (or share) the same truth value.

If the statements always share the same truth value (either intrinsically or as a matter of empirical practice), then you could say either

Two statements always have (or share) the same truth value.

or

These two statements are logically equivalent.

(As per Jason above.)

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