Propensity vs Probability - What's the difference?
propensity | probability |
A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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an event that is likely to occur
the relative likelihood of an event happening
(mathematics) a number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening
As nouns the difference between propensity and probability
is that propensity is a tendency, preference, or attraction while probability is the state of being probable; likelihood.propensity
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(propensities)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}