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 ## Currying
-> The process of converting a function with multiple arity into the same function with less arity.
+> The process of converting a function with multiple arity into the same function with an arity of one. Not to be confused with partial application, which can produce a function with an arity greater than one.
 
 ```js
 let sum = (a,b) => a+b;