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Potency vs Reliability - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between potency and reliability

is that potency is strength while reliability is the quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.

potency

English

Noun

(potencies)
  • Strength
  • Power
  • The ability or capacity to perform something.

    • Related terms

    * potence * potent * potentate * potential * potentiality

    reliability

    English

    (wikipedia reliability)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.
  • The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity).
  • In engineering measurable time of work before failure