Threat vs. Vulnerability

Threatnoun

An expression of intent to injure or punish another.

Vulnerabilitynoun

(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.’;

Threatnoun

An indication of potential or imminent danger.

Vulnerabilitynoun

(countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

Threatnoun

A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Vulnerabilitynoun

(computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

Threatverb

(transitive) To press; urge; compel.

Vulnerabilitynoun

The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

Threatverb

To threaten.

Vulnerabilitynoun

the state of being vulnerable or exposed;

‘his vulnerability to litigation’; ‘his exposure to ridicule’;

Threatverb

(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Vulnerabilitynoun

susceptibility to injury or attack

Threatnoun

The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

‘There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.’;

Vulnerabilitynoun

the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally

‘con artists are great at spotting our vulnerabilities’; ‘he is confined in isolation because of his vulnerability to infection’; ‘conservation authorities have realized the vulnerability of the local population’;

Threatverb

To threaten.

‘Of all his threating reck not a mite.’; ‘Our dreaded admiral from far they threat.’;

Vulnerabilitynoun

liability of a partnership to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards a rubber.

Threatnoun

something that is a source of danger;

‘earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan’;

Vulnerability

Vulnerability refers to the inability (of a system or a unit) to withstand the effects of a hostile environment. A window of vulnerability (WOV) is a time frame within which defensive measures are diminished, compromised or lacking.The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly.

Threatnoun

a warning that something unpleasant is imminent;

‘they were under threat of arrest’;

Threatnoun

declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;

‘his threat to kill me was quite explicit’;

Threatnoun

a person who inspires fear or dread;

‘he was the terror of the neighborhood’;

Threat

A threat is a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is widely observed in animal behavior (particularly in a ritualized form) chiefly in order to avoid the unnecessary physical violence that can lead to physical damage or the death of both conflicting parties.