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Decrepit vs Mangy - What's the difference?

decrepit | mangy |

As adjectives the difference between decrepit and mangy

is that decrepit is weakened or worn out from age or wear while mangy is afflicted with mange.

decrepit

English

Alternative forms

* decrepid (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weakened or worn out from age or wear

    • Derived terms

    * decrepitly * decrepitude

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    mangy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Afflicted with mange.
  • Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
    • We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.

    Synonyms

    * shabby