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Salience vs Saliency - What's the difference?

salience | saliency |

As nouns the difference between salience and saliency

is that salience is the condition of being salient while saliency is the quality of being salient; salience.

salience

English

(wikipedia salience)

Noun

(-)
  • The condition of being salient.
  • A highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed.
  • (social sciences, linguistics) Relative importance based on context.

    • saliency

    English

    Noun

    (saliencies)
  • the quality of being salient; salience