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Partiality vs Weakness - What's the difference?

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Partiality is a related term of weakness.


As nouns the difference between partiality and weakness

is that partiality is preference, bias in favor of, tendency while weakness is (uncountable) the condition of being weak.

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.

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    weakness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
  • (countable) An inadequate quality; fault
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness , mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013, date=January 22, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4) , passage=Bradford had preyed on Villa's inability to defend set pieces, corners in particular, in their first-leg win and took advantage of the weakness again as Hanson equalised to restore their two-goal aggregate lead.}}
  • (countable) A special fondness or desire.

    • Synonyms

    * (condition of being weak) vulnerability, vincibility, powerlessness * (fault) fault, defect

    Antonyms

    * (condition of being weak) strength, durability, invincibility, powerfulness * (fault) strength, forte

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