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Partiality vs Capacity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between partiality and capacity

is that partiality is preference, bias in favor of, tendency while capacity is the ability to hold, receive or absorb.

As an adjective capacity is

filling the allotted space.

partiality

English

Noun

(partialities)
  • Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
  • The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.

    Anagrams

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    capacity

    English

    Noun

    (capacities)
  • The ability to hold, receive or absorb
  • A measure of such ability; volume
  • The maximum amount that can be held
  • It was hauling a capacity load.
    The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
  • Capability; the ability to perform some task
  • The maximum that can be produced.
  • Mental ability; the power to learn
  • A faculty; the potential for growth and development
  • A role; the position in which one functions
  • Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
  • Electrical capacitance.
  • (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
  • Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.

    Synonyms

    * throughput * See also

    Derived terms

    * capacitance * capacitation * capacitor

    Adjective

  • Filling the allotted space.
  • There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
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  • At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.