Diagnostics vs. Diagnosis — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or used in a diagnosis.

Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines, with variations in the use of logic, analytics, and experience, to determine "cause and effect".

Serving to identify a particular disease; characteristic.

The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data.

Often diagnostics (used with a sing. verb) The art or practice of medical diagnosis.

The opinion derived from such an evaluation.

A symptom or a distinguishing feature serving as supporting evidence in a diagnosis.

A critical analysis of the nature of something.

An instrument or technique used in medical diagnosis.

The conclusion reached by such analysis.

Plural of diagnostic

(Biology) A brief description of the distinguishing characteristics of an organism, as for taxonomic classification.

The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s)

(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.

That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.

The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

The branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.

Synonym of diagnose

The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.

Hence, the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon, especially the abnormal behavior of an animal or artifactual device; as, diagnosis of a vibration in an automobile; diagnosis of the failure of a sales campaign; diagnosis of a computer malfunction.

Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.

Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon