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Specificness vs Specificity - What's the difference?

specificness | specificity | Synonyms |

Specificity is a synonym of specificness.



As nouns the difference between specificness and specificity

is that specificness is specificity, the state of being specific while specificity is the state of being specific rather than general.

specificness

English

Noun

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  • Specificity, the state of being specific
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    • Synonyms

    * specificity

    Antonyms

    * genericness

    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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