sensitivity vs diathesis

sensitivity and diathesis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sensitivity	Yes	No	No	No
diathesis	Yes	No	No	No

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

sensitivity: susceptibility to a pathogen
diathesis: constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality

Other hyponyms of sensitivity include habitus, sensitisation, sensitization, hypersensitivity.

sensitivity (noun)	diathesis (noun)
the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences	constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
susceptibility to a pathogen

sensitivity vs diathesis

sensitivity and diathesis both are nouns.

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