vulnerability

vulnérabilité

Fait de pouvoir être facilement blessé, atteint ou attaqué.

En anglais simple : The condition of being easily hurt or attacked.

• Poverty increases children’s vulnerability.
• He spoke openly about his emotional vulnerability.
• The floods revealed the town’s vulnerability to extreme weather.

Comment l'utiliser : vulnerability to something (The report highlights their vulnerability to disease.)

Synonymes : susceptibility, weakness

Contraires : invulnerability

Expressions courantes : emotional vulnerability, vulnerability to something, physical vulnerability

faille, vulnérabilité

Faiblesse qui permet de blesser ou d’attaquer quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A weak point that allows someone or something to be hurt or attacked.

• The update fixes a security vulnerability.
• Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the software.
• Investigators discovered several vulnerabilities in the building’s defenses.

Comment l'utiliser : vulnerability in something (They found a vulnerability in the payment system.)

Synonymes : weakness, flaw

Expressions courantes : security vulnerability, a serious vulnerability, exploit a vulnerability