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Potentiality vs Latency - What's the difference?

potentiality | latency |

As nouns the difference between potentiality and latency

is that potentiality is the quality of being, or having potential while latency is the state of being latent.

potentiality

English

Noun

(potentialities)
  • The quality of being, or having potential.
  • An inherent capacity for growth or development.
  • An aptitude amenable to development; capability.

    • Related terms

    * potence * potency * potent * potentate * potential

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    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