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Definiteness vs Specificity - What's the difference?

definiteness | specificity |

As nouns the difference between definiteness and specificity

is that definiteness is the state or quality of being definite while specificity is the state of being specific rather than general.

definiteness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or quality of being definite.

    • 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

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