Immortality vs Immunity - What's the difference?
immortality | immunity |
(fiction, religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.
(uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
# (medicine) Fully protective resistance against infection.
# (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
# (law) An exemption from prosecution.
# (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
(countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
As nouns the difference between immortality and immunity
is that immortality is (fiction|religion|mythology|biology) the condition of being immortal while immunity is (uncountable) the state of being insusceptible to something; notably:.immortality
English
Noun
- In Greek mythology, (Tithonus) was granted immortality but not eternal youth.
Synonyms
* (l)See also
* elixir of life * undead * ("immortality" on Wikipedia) English words suffixed with -ality English words suffixed with -ityimmunity
English
Noun
- Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
- Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities .
- The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
- After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the least amount of points.