latency vs interval

latency and interval both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
latency	Yes	No	No	No
interval	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, interval is a hypernym of latency; that is, interval is a word with a broader meaning than latency:

Other hypernyms of latency include time interval.

As nouns, interval is a hypernym of latency; that is, interval is a word with a broader meaning than latency:

latency: (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
interval: a definite length of time marked off by two instants

Other hypernyms of latency include time interval.

latency (noun)	interval (noun)
the state of being not yet evident or active	the distance between things
the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it	a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head	the difference in pitch between two notes
	a definite length of time marked off by two instants