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Responsitivity vs Sensitivity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between responsitivity and sensitivity

is that responsitivity is (uncountable) the condition of being responsive while sensitivity is the quality of being sensitive.

responsitivity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being responsive
  • (countable) A measure of the degree to which something is responsive

    • Synonyms

    *responsivity

    sensitivity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sensitivity) (sensitivities)
  • The quality of being sensitive.
  • The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
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  • (statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
  • (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
  • (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.