different between vulnerability vs vulnerable

English

Etymology

From vulnerable +? -ability

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?ln????b?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti
• Hyphenation: vul?ner?a?bil?i?ty

Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)

1. (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.

2. (countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
3. (computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

Synonyms

• vulnerableness

Antonyms

• invulnerability

Related terms

• vulnerable

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulner? (“I wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?ln(?)??bl?/
• (proscribed) IPA^(key): /?v?n(?)??bl?/
• Hyphenation: vul?ner?a?ble

Adjective

vulnerable (comparative more vulnerable, superlative most vulnerable)

1. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
   1. Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.

2. (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

Synonyms

• (exposed to attack): defenceless, helpless, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, weak

Antonyms

• (exposed to attack): durable, indomitable, invincible, invulnerable, powerful, strong

Derived terms

• vulnerability
• vulnerably

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vul.n???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bul.n???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /vul.ne??a.ble/

Adjective

vulnerable (masculine and feminine plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilitat
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• vulnerábel

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis, from Latin vulner? (“I wound”).

Adjective

vulnerable m or f (plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilidade
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis, from Latin vulner? (“to wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulne??able/, [bul.ne??a.??le]

Adjective

vulnerable (plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilidad
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.