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Crippled vs Mangled - What's the difference?

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Crippled is a related term of mangled.


As adjectives the difference between crippled and mangled

is that crippled is having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility while mangled is mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.

As verbs the difference between crippled and mangled

is that crippled is (cripple) while mangled is (mangle).

crippled

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
    • 1848' ''"A '''crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"'' — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre , Chapter 17.
  • Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
    • 1893' ''The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a '''crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate.'' — Mark Twain, '' Pudd'nhead Wilson.

    Antonyms

    * noncrippled * uncrippled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cripple)

    • mangled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (mangle)