Clarifying Young's Modulus and Stiffness Equations for Cantilever Oscillation

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Just want clarification on two equations.

So basically, I want to calculate the time period T of the complete oscillation of a cantilever. I use this equation.
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Is E equal to young's modulus or is it equal to stiffness? If it is equal to stiffness, can I use this equation to calculate the stiffness?
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Thank you in advance. :)
 
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In my case, I think it is the resistance of deflection. However, when I search online that is also the definition for Young Modulus. Yet there's these two different equations which is confusing.