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Susceptibility vs Predisposition - What's the difference?

susceptibility | predisposition |

As a noun susceptibility

is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.

As a verb predisposition is

predisposition.

susceptibility

English

Noun

(susceptibilities)
  • the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
  • emotional sensitivity
  • (physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

    • predisposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem

    • See also

    * ("predisposition" on Wikipedia)