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This article oddly includes "depreciation", but (anecdotally) I've never heard of this being confused with "deprecation". I think, instead, they should have in

This article oddly includes "depreciation", but (anecdotally) I've never heard of this being confused with "deprecation". I think, instead, they should have included "obsoletion", which I think is what is more often confused/overlooked in favor of using "deprecated" to mean something that has already been obsoleted. That is, "deprecated" is often incorrectly used as a synonym for "obsoleted".

jerf 5y ago
"This article oddly includes "depreciation", but (anecdotally) I've never heard of this being confused with "deprecation"." Then you may be in for an instance of the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon [1] now. It's very widespread. Sometimes it feels like I see "depreciation" more than "deprecation". I've even heard people say out loud "depreciation" several times. [1]: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human...
alanh 5y ago
Thank you for reading and for your suggestion to include "obsolete". That’s a great alternative for the confused usage of deprecate!