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Latency vs Cessation - What's the difference?

latency | Cessation |

As nouns the difference between latency and Cessation

is that latency is the state of being latent while Cessation is (formal) a ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final.

latency

English

(wikipedia latency)

Noun

(latencies)
  • The state of being latent.
  • (electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
  • (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being latent) hiddenness, invisibility * lag (casual) * delay

    Cessation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final.
  • * Motley
    • the temporary cessation of the papal iniquities
  • * Sir J. Hayward
    • The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labour.

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