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Latency vs Tardiness - What's the difference?

latency | tardiness |

As nouns the difference between latency and tardiness

is that latency is the state of being latent while tardiness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being tardy.

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

    tardiness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
  • (countable) The result or product of being tardy.

    • Synonyms

    * lateness

    Antonyms

    * punctuality