sensitization vs sensitivity

sensitivity vs sensitization

sensitization and sensitivity both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sensitivity is a hypernym of sensitization; that is, sensitivity is a word with a broader meaning than sensitization:

sensitization: the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
sensitivity: susceptibility to a pathogen

Other hypernyms of sensitization include predisposition.

sensitization (noun)	sensitivity (noun)
rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections	the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)	the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
	sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
	susceptibility to a pathogen

Difference between sensitization and sensitivity

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