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Discontinuance vs Latency - What's the difference?

discontinuance | latency |

As nouns the difference between discontinuance and latency

is that discontinuance is the occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending while latency is the state of being latent.

discontinuance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.

    • Synonyms

    * discontinuation * termination

    Antonyms

    * continuance

    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