Precision vs. Reliability — What's the Difference?

The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate

Capable of being relied on; dependable

The state or quality of being precise; exactness.

Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.

The ability of a measurement to be consistently reproduced.

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

The number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.

(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

Used or intended for accurate or exact measurement

(engineering) measurable time of work before failure

Made so as to vary minimally from a set standard

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Of or characterized by accurate action

The trait of being dependable or reliable

The state of being precise or exact; exactness.

The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.

(mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.

(bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

Used for exact or precise measurement.

Made, or characterized by accuracy.

The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.

The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance;