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Quickness vs Propensity - What's the difference?

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Quickness is a related term of propensity.


As nouns the difference between quickness and propensity

is that quickness is rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity while propensity is a tendency, preference, or attraction.

quickness

English

Noun

  • rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
    • The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.

    propensity

    English

    Noun

    (propensities)
  • A tendency, preference, or attraction.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * proclivity * propension

    Related terms

    * propense