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Debilitated vs Deteriorate - What's the difference?

debilitated | deteriorate |

As verbs the difference between debilitated and deteriorate

is that debilitated is (debilitate) while deteriorate is to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

As an adjective debilitated

is weakened.

debilitated

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Weakened.
    • His debilitated body, the victim of the wasting disease, could no longer support his weight.
  • run down, damaged, in disrepair.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (debilitate)

    • deteriorate

    English

    Verb

    (deteriorat)
  • To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
    • to deteriorate the mind
  • * Southey
    • The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
  • To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton. }}

    Related terms

    * deterioration * deteriorative * deteriorable

    Synonyms

    * worsen

    Antonyms

    * ameliorate * better * improve