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Debilitate vs Emaciate - What's the difference?

debilitate | emaciate |

As verbs the difference between debilitate and emaciate

is that debilitate is to make feeble; to weaken while emaciate is to make extremely thin or wasted.

debilitate

English

Verb

  • To make feeble; to weaken.
    • The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

    Synonyms

    * weaken * enfeeble * enervate

    Related terms

    * debile * debility * debilitation

    See also

    * enervate

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    emaciate

    English

    Verb

    (emaciat)
  • To make extremely thin or wasted
    • ''Anorexics ignore that sustained emaciation ends in starvation.
  • To become extremely thin or wasted.

    • Derived terms

    * emaciated * emaciation

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