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Deferral vs Latency - What's the difference?

deferral | latency |

As nouns the difference between deferral and latency

is that deferral is an act of deferring, a deferment while latency is the state of being latent.

deferral

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of deferring, a deferment.
  • An accrual.
  • A prepayment.

    • Synonyms

    * deferment

    See also

    * * (projectlink) * (projectlink)

    latency

    English

    (wikipedia latency)

    Noun

    (latencies)
  • The state of being latent.
  • (electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
  • (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being latent) hiddenness, invisibility * lag (casual) * delay