Ruby on Rails, issues using enum with same name
You can use the :_prefix or :_suffix options when you need to define multiple enums with same values. If the passed value is true, the methods are prefixed/suffixed with the name of the enum. It is also possible to supply a custom value:
class Conversation < ActiveRecord::Base enum status: [:active, :archived], _suffix: true enum comments_status: [:active, :inactive], _prefix: :comments endsource :http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Enum.html
First of all, just like the Marek Lipka said, you should use boolean value to handle your case.
If you need to define different enums with same entries, I suggest using the gem 'enumerize' (https://github.com/brainspec/enumerize) instead.