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Precision vs Specificity - What's the difference?

precision | specificity |

As nouns the difference between precision and specificity

is that precision is the state of being precise or exact; exactness while specificity is the state of being specific rather than general.

As an adjective precision

is used for exact or precise measurement.

precision

English

(wikipedia precision)

Noun

  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
  • (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Used for exact or precise measurement.
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy.
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    specificity

    English

    Noun

    (specificities)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * specificness (much less common)

    Antonyms

    * genericity

    Coordinate terms

    * (sense) sensitivity

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