Specificity vs Legacy - What's the difference?
specificity | legacy |
The state of being specific rather than general.
(statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
(medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.
(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
The descendant of an alumnus
(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
left behind; old or no longer in active use
As nouns the difference between specificity and legacy
is that specificity is the state of being specific rather than general while legacy is (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.As an adjective legacy is
(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.specificity
English
Noun
(specificities)Synonyms
* specificness (much less common)Antonyms
* genericityCoordinate terms
* (sense) sensitivityExternal links
* *legacy
English
Noun
(legacies)- left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
- Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.
Adjective
(head)- They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
- ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."