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Generality vs Prevalence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between generality and prevalence

is that generality is the quality of being general while prevalence is prevalence.

generality

English

Noun

(generalities)
  • The quality of being general.
  • A generalization.
    • He was very vague, speaking only in generalities .

    prevalence

    English

    (wikipedia prevalence) (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension.
  • (epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

    • Related terms

    * prevail * prevalent

    See also

    * incidence

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