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Hypersensitivity vs Oversensitivity - What's the difference?

hypersensitivity | oversensitivity | Synonyms |

Hypersensitivity is a synonym of oversensitivity.


As nouns the difference between hypersensitivity and oversensitivity

is that hypersensitivity is any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy while oversensitivity is the state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

hypersensitivity

English

(wikipedia hypersensitivity)

Noun

(hypersensitivities)
  • any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy

    • Derived terms

    * hypersensitivity pneumonitis

    Related terms

    * hypersensitive

    oversensitivity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being excessively sensitive
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 11, author=Barbara Ellen, title=Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength, work=The Observer citation
    • , passage=While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream. }}

    Synonyms

    *hypersensitivity