Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33255203-20171004210031/@comment-734582-20171023121440

Ninjachris wrote: It's amazing the lengths some of you guys will go to, to prove a lost point sometimes. You're the guy bringing definitions into this, even though it's clear from context what we meant. Ninjachris wrote: If I say the amount of water in bottle A is equivalent to the amount of water bottle B what do you determine by that?? If you use equivalent in stead of equal, i would assume the bottles are differently shaped, and you're trying to avoid confusion with water levels etc.

But it's not really a good example. If i said "1 pound of gold is equal to 1 pound of silver" then, by the rather strict definition of equal you'd assume i'm talking about the weight (since that is strictly equal) and not it's value in money. If i said "1 pound of gold is equivalent to 1 pound of silver" then you'd almost certainly answer "what you mean by that?". Equivalent (equi-valent, literally "equal strength") would lead me to believe the sentence means "1 pound of gold costs as much as 1 pound of silver", in which case i would be wondering if you're trying to rip me off, or just being deliberately vague. Ninjachris wrote: And it's obvious you guys were implying EQUAL power in context it was used, which it is not. Rasengan is the most powerful of the three. No it's not. In the Valley of the End 1, Sasuke and Naruto's direct Rasengan/Chidori clash ends with Naruto knocked out and Sasuke standing over him. Naruto's Rasengan cut a big hole in a tree, whereas Sakura's simple punch versus Kakashi was strong enough to obliterate several cubic meters of earth and draw him out from underground.

Clearly, they have equivalent levels of power that they do not apply in equal ways. An average 100W lightbulb has an equivalent power output to our human brain, yet the effects are not equal.