Vulnerability vs Vulnerable - What's the difference?
vulnerability | vulnerable | Related terms |
(uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
(countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
(computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
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Vulnerable is a derived term of vulnerability.
Vulnerable is a related term of vulnerability.
In computing terms the difference between vulnerability and vulnerable
is that vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security while vulnerable is more likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.As a noun vulnerability
is susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.As an adjective vulnerable is
more or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.vulnerability
English
(wikipedia vulnerability)Noun
- The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
Antonyms
* (l)vulnerable
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Adjective
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