sensitivity vs hypersensitivity

sensitivity and hypersensitivity both are nouns.

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

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

sensitivity: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
hypersensitivity: extreme sensitivity

Other hyponyms of sensitivity include acuteness, reactivity, responsiveness, exteroception, interoception, photosensitivity, radiosensitivity.

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

sensitivity: susceptibility to a pathogen
hypersensitivity: pathological sensitivity

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

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

sensitivity vs hypersensitivity

sensitivity and hypersensitivity both are nouns.

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