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Prevalence vs Propagation - What's the difference?

prevalence | propagation |

As nouns the difference between prevalence and propagation

is that prevalence is prevalence while propagation is the multiplication or natural increase in a population.

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

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    propagation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the multiplication or natural increase in a population
  • the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
  • (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
  • (genetics) the elongation part of transcription
  • (religion) winning new converts
  • some degree of success in the spread of propaganda

    • Derived terms

    * backpropagation * micropropagation * propagation constant * propagation delay * propagation mode * propagation time