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Criticality vs Severity - What's the difference?

criticality | severity |

As nouns the difference between criticality and severity

is that criticality is the state of being critical while severity is the state of being severe.

criticality

English

Noun

(wikipedia criticality) (criticalities)
  • The state of being critical
  • (education) A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
  • (physics) The point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining

    • Related terms

    * criticalness

    Derived terms

    * criticality accident * criticality matrix * dry criticality * wet criticality * recriticality

    severity

    English

    Noun

    (severities)
  • The state of being severe.
  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.
    • The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.