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Survivability vs Survival - What's the difference?

survivability | survival |

As nouns the difference between survivability and survival

is that survivability is the condition of being survivable while survival is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

survivability

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being survivable
  • (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is survivable
  • survival

    Noun

  • The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
  • His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
  • (as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
  • His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
  • (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
  • * 2000 , Dan Goldstein, The Rough Guide to English Football: A Fans' Handbook 2000-2001 :
  • "...a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form..."
  • * 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
  • "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival ."

    Derived terms

    * survival value * survival analysis * survival rate * survival skill * survival kit * survivalism * survival of the fittest