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Clarity vs Specificity - What's the difference?

clarity | specificity |

As nouns the difference between clarity and specificity

is that clarity is the state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity while specificity is the state of being specific rather than general.

clarity

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
  • She dreamed, with great clarity , that she had been seen her own death.
    Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.

    Synonyms

    * clearness * obviousness * transparency

    Antonyms

    * confusion

    Anagrams

    *

    specificity

    English

    Noun

    (specificities)
  • The state of being specific rather than general.
  • (statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
  • (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.
  • Synonyms

    * specificness (much less common)

    Antonyms

    * genericity

    Coordinate terms

    * (sense) sensitivity