What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Prevalence vs Odds - What's the difference?

prevalence | odds | Related terms |

Prevalence is a related term of odds.


As nouns the difference between prevalence and odds

is that prevalence is prevalence while odds is the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.

prevalence

English

(wikipedia prevalence) (Webster 1913)

Noun

  • The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension.
  • (epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

    • Related terms

    * prevail * prevalent

    See also

    * incidence

    External links

    * * ----

    odds

    English

    (wikipedia odds)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.
    • I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
  • The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

    • Usage notes

    * The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."

    Derived terms

    * at all odds / by all odds / against all odds * at odds * implied odds * lay odds * long odds / short odds * odds and ends * odds on / odds against * odds-on * pot odds * take odds

    See also

    * even money * evens

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • References

    * ----