Disable vs Inactivate - What's the difference?
disable | inactivate |
To render unable; to take away an ability of.
(chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
* Daniel
To make inactive.
As verbs the difference between disable and inactivate
is that disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of while inactivate is to make inactive.As an adjective disable
is (obsolete) lacking ability; unable.disable
English
Verb
(disabl)- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Antonyms
* enableDerived terms
* disablementAdjective
(en adjective)- Our disable and unactive force.