what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report

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what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report..

Answer / swathi

Priority means how urgently bug is needed to fix
Severiety means how badly it harms the system
Priority tells you how important the bug is for the user.
Severity tells you how bad the bug is for the user.
Severiety is constant... Priorty might change according to
schedule.

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what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report..

Answer / deepak

Priority defines the urgency of the bug where as severity
defines the impact of bug on other modules.

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what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report..

Answer / visarada

Priority will be given based on the functionality.
Severioty will be given based on the effect of that bug on
the application.

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what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report..

Answer / ajilal s

Severity tells how critical the bug is to the business or
to the application.
Priority explains which bug should be fixed first.

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what is the difference b/w Priorty and severity in Bug Report..

Answer / preeti

a simple way to answer is PRIORITY is related to Customer
end and Severity is related to Application end.
suppose t software has major problem in some UI application
but in terms of priority it is low in the eyres of customer.
i hope iam able to explain.

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