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Defunct vs Dilapidated - What's the difference?

defunct | dilapidated |

As adjectives the difference between defunct and dilapidated

is that defunct is deceased, dead while dilapidated is having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

As verbs the difference between defunct and dilapidated

is that defunct is to make defunct while dilapidated is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun defunct

is the dead person (referred to).

defunct

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deceased, dead.
  • * Shakespeare
    • defunct organs
  • * Byron
    • The boar, defunct , lay tripped up, near.
  • No longer in use, inactive.
  • (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • (business) No longer in business or service.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make defunct.

    • Noun

  • The dead person (referred to).
  • * 1817 September , in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine , volume 1, page 617:

    • Related terms

    * function * bankrupt

    dilapidated

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

    • Synonyms

    * beat * beat up * beaten up * bedraggled * broken-down * ramshackle * ruinous * rundown * tatterdemalion * tumbledown