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Susceptibility vs Nuance - What's the difference?

susceptibility | nuance |

As nouns the difference between susceptibility and nuance

is that susceptibility is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability while nuance is a minor distinction.

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).

    • nuance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minor distinction.
  • Subtlety or fine detail.
    • Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.
  • * 1901: Alpheus Spring Packard, Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution
    • ...the richer our collections become, the more numerous are the proofs that all is more or less shaded (nuance ), that the remarkable differences become obliterated...

    Derived terms

    * nuanced