diff --git a/src/math/p5.Vector.js b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
index e7a90d4218..e5275ad7cc 100644
--- a/src/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const prioritizeSmallerDimension = function (currentVectorDimension, args) {
   const resultDimension = Math.min(currentVectorDimension, args.length);
   if (Array.isArray(args) && currentVectorDimension !== args.length) {
     console.warn(
-      'When working with two vectors of different sizes, the smaller dimension is used. In this operation, both vector will be treated as ' + resultDimension + 'D vectors, and any additional values of the linger vector will be ignored.'
+      'When working with two vectors of different sizes, the smaller dimension is used. In this operation, both vectors will be treated as ' + resultDimension + 'D vectors, and any additional values of the longer vector will be ignored.'
     );
   }
   return resultDimension;
@@ -2757,8 +2757,10 @@ class Vector {
    * <a href="#/p5.Vector">p5.Vector</a> object.
    *
    * The version of `equals()` with multiple parameters interprets them as the
-   * components of another vector. Any missing parameters are assigned the value
-   * 0.
+   * components of another vector.
+   *
+   * If the two vectors have different lengths, a warning is logged and only
+   * the components up to the shorter length are compared.
    *
    * The static version of `equals()`, as in `p5.Vector.equals(v0, v1)`,
    * interprets both parameters as <a href="#/p5.Vector">p5.Vector</a> objects.
@@ -2826,8 +2828,10 @@ class Vector {
       values = args;
     }
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < this.values.length; i++) {
-      if (this.values[i] !== (values[i] || 0)) {
+    const minDimension = prioritizeSmallerDimension(this.values.length, values);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < minDimension; i++) {
+      if (this.values[i] !== values[i]) {
         return false;
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js b/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
index df694d71a6..bbe7c38a5b 100644
--- a/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -2034,6 +2034,25 @@ suite('p5.Vector', function () {
         const v1 = new Vector(0, -1, 1);
         expect(v1.equals(0, -1, 1)).to.be.true;
       });
+
+      test('should be symmetric when dimensions differ', function () {
+        const v3d = new Vector(1, 2, 3);
+        const v4d = new Vector(1, 2, 3, 4);
+        expect(v3d.equals(v4d)).to.equal(v4d.equals(v3d));
+      });
+
+      test('should compare up to the shorter length when dimensions differ', function () {
+        const v3d = new Vector(1, 2, 3);
+        const v4d = new Vector(1, 2, 3, 4);
+        expect(v3d.equals(v4d)).to.be.true;
+      });
+
+      test('should return false when values differ within the shorter length', function () {
+        const v3d = new Vector(1, 2, 3);
+        const v4d = new Vector(1, 2, 9, 4);
+        expect(v3d.equals(v4d)).to.be.false;
+        expect(v4d.equals(v3d)).to.be.false;
+      });
     });
 
     suite('p5.Vector.equals() [CLASS]', function () {
@@ -2064,6 +2083,18 @@ suite('p5.Vector', function () {
         const a2 = [0, -1, 1];
         expect(Vector.equals(a1, a2)).to.be.true;
       });
+
+      test('should be symmetric when dimensions differ', function () {
+        const v3d = new Vector(1, 2, 3);
+        const v4d = new Vector(1, 2, 3, 4);
+        expect(Vector.equals(v3d, v4d)).to.equal(Vector.equals(v4d, v3d));
+      });
+
+      test('should compare up to the shorter length when dimensions differ', function () {
+        const v3d = new Vector(1, 2, 3);
+        const v4d = new Vector(1, 2, 3, 4);
+        expect(Vector.equals(v3d, v4d)).to.be.true;
+      });
     });
   });