Deviation vs. Tolerance — What's the Difference?

The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard

The ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with

The amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean

The capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction

The deflection of a ship's compass needle caused by iron in the ship.

An allowable amount of variation of a specified quantity, especially in the dimensions of a machine or part

The act of deviating or turning aside.

The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

An instance of this

Leeway for variation from a standard.

Divergence from an accepted idea, policy, or norm of behavior

The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

An instance of this; an abnormality or departure from a norm

The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.

Physiological resistance to a toxin.

(Statistics) The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data.

Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.

The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.

The ability to digest or metabolize a food, drug, or other substance or compound

A departure from the correct way of acting.

Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunologic reaction.

A detour in a road or railway.

The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.

(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.

The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

(uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

(uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

The difference between an expected value of an observation or measurement and the actual value.

Capability of growth in more or less shade.

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

The allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; - caklled also allowance

The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

The capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics.

The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

The acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; - called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance).

Deviate behavior

The power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

The act of tolerating something

Willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits