The difference between Nonpositive and Nonvanishing

When used as adjectives, nonpositive means not positive, whereas nonvanishing means (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.


Nonpositive is also noun with the meaning: any value that is not positive.

check bellow for the other definitions of Nonpositive and Nonvanishing

  1. Nonpositive as an adjective (mathematics, of a quantity):

    Not positive; either zero or negative.

  1. Nonpositive as a noun:

    Any value that is not positive.

  1. Nonvanishing as an adjective (mathematics):

    (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space

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