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Durability vs Toughness - What's the difference?

durability | toughness |

As nouns the difference between durability and toughness

is that durability is permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force while toughness is the state of being tough.

durability

English

Noun

(durabilities)
  • Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

    • toughness

    English

    (wikipedia toughness)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (uncountable) The state of being tough
  • (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  • A formidable difficulty

    • Derived terms

    * graph toughness

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