Difference between Preponderance and Prevalence

What is the difference between Preponderance and Prevalence?

Preponderance as a noun is excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. while Prevalence as a noun is the quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.

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