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Desensitization vs Tolerance - What's the difference?

desensitization | tolerance |

As nouns the difference between desensitization and tolerance

is that desensitization is the act or process of desensitizing]], of dulling or [[reduce|reducing sensation while tolerance is tolerance.

desensitization

English

Alternative forms

* (mostly British ): desensitisation

Noun

  • The act or process of desensitizing]], of dulling or [[reduce, reducing sensation.
  • tolerance

    Noun

  • (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
  • (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
  • (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
  • Antonyms

    * intolerance

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