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prevalence vs ratio

ratio vs prevalence

prevalence and ratio both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prevalence Yes No No No
ratio Yes No No No
As nouns, ratio is a hypernym of prevalence; that is, ratio is a word with a broader meaning than prevalence:
  • prevalence: (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
  • ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
prevalence (noun) ratio (noun)
the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
a superiority in numbers or amount the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
(epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
Difference between prevalence and ratio

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