Disable vs Mutilate - What's the difference?
disable | mutilate | Related terms |
To render unable; to take away an ability of.
(chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
* Daniel
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
To destroy beyond recognition.
(figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
(obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
(zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
(Webster 1913)
In obsolete terms the difference between disable and mutilate
is that disable is lacking ability; unable while mutilate is deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.disable
English
Verb
(disabl)- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Antonyms
* enableDerived terms
* disablementAdjective
(en adjective)- Our disable and unactive force.
Anagrams
*mutilate
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* maim * mangleDerived terms
* mutilation * mutilative * mutilatorSee also
* amputate, amputation * castrate, castration * circumcise, circumcisionAdjective
(-)- (Sir Thomas Browne)