capability vs resistance

resistance vs capability

capability and resistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
capability	Yes	No	No	No
resistance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, resistance is a hyponym of capability; that is, resistance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than capability:

capability: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
resistance: the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

Other hyponyms of capability include activity.

capability (noun)	resistance (noun)
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally	group action in opposition to those in power
an aptitude that may be developed	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
	the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
	a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
	any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
	a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
	(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
	the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

Difference between capability and resistance

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