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Dilapidated vs Broken-down - What's the difference?

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Dilapidated is a related term of broken-down.


As adjectives the difference between dilapidated and broken-down

is that dilapidated is having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect while broken-down is which has broken down and, as a result, is no longer in working order.

As a verb dilapidated

is .

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

    broken-down

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • which has broken down and, as a result, is no longer in working order.
  • not properly maintained; neglected.

    • Synonyms

    *(no longer in working order) out of order, busted * bedraggled, dilapidated, ramshackle, ruinous, rundown, tatterdemalion, tumbledown