capacity vs resistance

resistance vs capacity

capacity and resistance both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of capacity include activity.

capacity (noun)	resistance (noun)
the maximum production possible	group action in opposition to those in power
a specified function	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
capability to perform or produce	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
tolerance for alcohol	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior	the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
the amount that can be contained	a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive	any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment	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 capacity and resistance

Words related to "resistance"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.