Resistance vs. Immunity

Resistance vs. Immunity — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Resistance and Immunity

Resistancenoun

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

widespread resistance to the new urban development plansthe resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics

Immunitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:

Resistancenoun

(physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.

Immunitynoun

(medicine) Fully protective resistance against infection.

Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.

Resistancenoun

(physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.

Immunitynoun

(law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.

Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
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Resistancenoun

An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

Immunitynoun

(law) An exemption from prosecution.

The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.

Resistancenoun

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with;

he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizensdespite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead

Immunitynoun

(in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.

After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.

Resistancenoun

any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

Immunitynoun

(countable) A resistance to a specific thing.

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Resistancenoun

a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

Immunitynoun

the state of not being susceptible;

unsusceptibility to rust

Resistancenoun

the military action of resisting the enemy's advance;

the enemy offered little resistance

Immunitynoun

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

Resistancenoun

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

Immunitynoun

the quality of being unaffected by something;

immunity to criticism

Resistancenoun

a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

Immunitynoun

an act exempting someone;

he was granted immunity from prosecution

Resistancenoun

the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

Resistancenoun

(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

Resistancenoun

an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Resistancenoun

group action in opposition to those in power