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Disabled vs Disadvantaged - What's the difference?

disabled | disadvantaged |

As adjectives the difference between disabled and disadvantaged

is that disabled is made incapable of use or action while disadvantaged is lacking an advantage relative to another.

As verbs the difference between disabled and disadvantaged

is that disabled is past tense of disable while disadvantaged is past tense of disadvantage.

As a noun disabled

is one who is disabled (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular).

disabled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made incapable of use or action.
  • Having a disability, especially physical.
  • (legal) Legally disqualified.

    • Synonyms

    * incapacitated * invalid

    Antonyms

    * enabled

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is disabled (often used collectively as the disabled , but sometimes also singular).

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (disable)

    • disadvantaged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disadvantage)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking an advantage relative to another.
  • Poor; in financial difficulties.