susceptibility vs sensitivity

susceptibility and sensitivity both are nouns.

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

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

susceptibility: the state of being susceptible; easily affected
sensitivity: susceptibility to a pathogen

Other hyponyms of susceptibility include liability, capability, capacity, predisposition, reactivity, suggestibility.

susceptibility (noun)	sensitivity (noun)
the state of being susceptible; easily affected	the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
	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

susceptibility vs sensitivity

susceptibility and sensitivity both are nouns.

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