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Susceptibility vs Tendency - What's the difference?

susceptibility | tendency |

As nouns the difference between susceptibility and tendency

is that susceptibility is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability while tendency is a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

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).

    • tendency

    English

    Noun

    (tendencies)
  • A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
    • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  • An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
    • a militant tendency

    Derived terms

    * multitendency

    Synonyms

    * inclination * disposition * propensity * penchant * trend