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Incidence vs Diffusion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between incidence and diffusion

is that incidence is the act of something happening; occurrence while diffusion is diffusion (physics: the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation).

incidence

English

Noun

(wikipedia incidence) (en noun)
  • The act of something happening; occurrence
  • The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening
  • (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface
  • (epidemiology) A measure of the risk that a person develops a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.

    • Derived terms

    * angle of incidence * incidence algebra * incidence axiom * incidence function * incidence geometry * incidence graph * nonincidence

    Related terms

    * incident

    See also

    * prevalence

    External links

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    diffusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
  • (physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
  • (physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
  • the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
  • (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
  • the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.