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Decrepit vs Ramshackle - What's the difference?

decrepit | ramshackle |

As a verb decrepit

is .

As an adjective ramshackle is

in disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.

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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    ramshackle

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
  • * Thackeray
    • There came my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.
    They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
    He entered the ramshackle bus, and was driven a long distance through very sandy streets to the hotel on the St. Lawrence.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold at times. The contest did not extend beyond the half-hour mark.}}

    Synonyms

    * (in disrepair or disorder) bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, rickety, ruinous, rundown, tatterdemalion, tumbledown