capacity vs activity

activity vs capacity

capacity and activity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
capacity	Yes	No	No	No
activity	Yes	No	No	No

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

capacity: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
activity: (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

Other hyponyms of capacity include resistance.

capacity (noun)	activity (noun)
the maximum production possible	any specific behavior
a specified function	the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
capability to perform or produce	an organic process that takes place in the body
tolerance for alcohol	a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior	the state of being active
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored	(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
the amount that can be contained
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

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