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resistance vs deadness

deadness vs resistance

resistance and deadness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
resistance Yes No No No
deadness Yes No No No
As nouns, deadness is a hypernym of resistance; that is, deadness is a word with a broader meaning than resistance:
  • resistance: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  • deadness: the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
Other hypernyms of resistance include unresponsiveness.
resistance (noun) deadness (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power the inanimate property of something that has died
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
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 resistance and deadness

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