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Susceptibility vs Hypersusceptibility - What's the difference?

susceptibility | hypersusceptibility |

As nouns the difference between susceptibility and hypersusceptibility

is that susceptibility is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability while hypersusceptibility is a greater than normal susceptibility to light, infection etc.

susceptibility

English

Noun

(susceptibilities)
  • the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
  • emotional sensitivity
  • (physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

    • hypersusceptibility

    English

    Noun

    (hypersusceptibilities)
  • A greater than normal susceptibility to light, infection etc.