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Disability vs Crippling - What's the difference?

disability | crippling | Synonyms |

Disability is a synonym of crippling.


As nouns the difference between disability and crippling

is that disability is state of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like while crippling is state of being crippled; lameness.

As a verb crippling is

.

As an adjective crippling is

that cripples.

disability

English

(wikipedia disability) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
  • * (rfdate),
    • Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.
  • * (rfdate),
    • Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability .
  • Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture.
  • (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
    • I had to go on disability after the accident.
    Did you get your disability this month?

    Usage notes

    * Disability and inability: Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.

    Synonyms

    * disqualification * impotence * inability * incapacity * incompetency * incompetence * weakness

    Antonyms

    * ability * capacity * competence * competency * potence * potential * qualification * strength

    Related terms

    * disable * disabled * disablism

    crippling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cripples

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • State of being crippled; lameness.
  • Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
    • (Webster 1913)