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Vulnerability vs Vulnerableness - What's the difference?

vulnerability | vulnerableness |

As nouns the difference between vulnerability and vulnerableness

is that vulnerability is susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended while vulnerableness is vulnerability.

vulnerability

English

(wikipedia vulnerability)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
    • The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
  • (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

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    vulnerableness

    English

    Noun

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  • vulnerability