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Distinguishability vs Distinctiveness - What's the difference?

distinguishability | distinctiveness |

As nouns the difference between distinguishability and distinctiveness

is that distinguishability is the state of being distinguishable while distinctiveness is the quality of being distinctive, individual or discrete.

distinguishability

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being distinguishable.
  • * Micha? Horodecki, Seth Lloyd, Andreas Winter - Quantum coding theorem from privacy and distinguishability , Open Systems and Information Dynamics, No. 15 (2008), pp. 47-69
    • The problem is separated into two parts: proof of distinguishability of codewords by receiver, and that of indistinguishability of codewords by environment (privacy).
  • * Canadian Grain Commission, Kernel visual distinguishability in western Canadian wheat classes , 2008-03-05
    • This visual characteristic is called kernel visual distinguishability , or KVD, and it is presently one of the requirements that must be met if a wheat variety is to be registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for unrestricted registration, production and handling.

    Antonyms

    * indistinguishability

    Derived terms

    * distinguishable

    distinctiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being distinctive, individual or discrete
  • Something which distinguishes something from anything else