Immunity vs Antibody - What's the difference?
immunity | antibody |
(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# (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.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.
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
As nouns the difference between immunity and antibody
is that immunity is (uncountable) the state of being insusceptible to something; notably: while antibody is (immunology) a protein produced by b-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.immunity
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.
