Resistance and Tolerance

Resistance

Resistance noun - The inclination to resist.

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Tolerance and resistance are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tolerance" instead a noun "Resistance".

Tolerance noun - The capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining.

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Resistance and tolerance are semantically related in fortitude topic. Sometimes you can use "Resistance" instead a noun "Tolerance".

human	human resistance	human tolerance
good	good resistance	good tolerance
high	high resistance	high tolerance
physical	physical resistance	physical tolerance
Other adjectives: low, better, natural, poor, strong, massive, increased, extreme, great, little, cold, less, minimal, limited, greater.

Another real-world analogy: If your dad were a food tester who developed a high tolerance for poison through controlled exposure, you'd have his high resistance and then some.

Source: Lamarck Was Right
Research done since the 1970s has shown that training to resist g-induced loss of consciousness significantly extends the pilot's resistance to blackouts and extends their g-tolerance in both magnitude and duration.

Source: Centrifugal Farce
The New World of Darkness simplifies things to a great extent: every supernatural race possesses a "supernatural tolerance" statistic (Blood Potency, Primal Urge, Gnosis, Azoth, etc.), which provides universal resistance against supernatural attack.

Source: Power Creep, Power Seep

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