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Specificity vs Selectivity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between specificity and selectivity

is that specificity is the state of being specific rather than general while selectivity is the quality of being selective; usually the extent to which something is selective.

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

    External links

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    selectivity

    English

    (wikipedia selectivity)

    Noun

    (selectivities)
  • The quality of being selective; usually the extent to which something is selective.
  • The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.

    • See also

    * selectiveness