Debilitation vs Incapacitation - What's the difference?
debilitation | incapacitation |
The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
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As nouns the difference between debilitation and incapacitation
is that debilitation is the act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness while incapacitation is the act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.debilitation
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(en noun)incapacitation
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(en noun)- I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.
Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt," Time :
- The incapacitation of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has put all eyes in Washington on what is normally a little-noticed Senate vote now scheduled for Jan. 4.