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Prevalence vs Ubiquity - What's the difference?

prevalence | ubiquity |

As nouns the difference between prevalence and ubiquity

is that prevalence is prevalence while ubiquity is (uncountable) the state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.

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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    ubiquity

    English

    (wikipedia ubiquity)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • (countable, sciences) Anything that is found to be ubiquitous within a specified area.

    • Antonyms

    * uniquity