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Susceptibility vs Receptivity - What's the difference?

susceptibility | receptivity |

As nouns the difference between susceptibility and receptivity

is that susceptibility is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability while receptivity is (uncountable) the state of being receptive.

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).

    • receptivity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being receptive
  • (countable) The extent to which something is receptive