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Doddering vs Powerless - What's the difference?

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Doddering is a related term of powerless.


As adjectives the difference between doddering and powerless

is that doddering is mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile while powerless is lacking sufficient power or strength.

As a verb doddering

is .

As a noun doddering

is a shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.

doddering

English

Adjective

(-)
  • mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.
  • * 2001 , Seth Kohn, Escape on the Silk Road (page 7)
    • Now that he was next in line to the minister of state security himself, an 82 year old man whose dodderings Fang graciously covered up to save everyone's face, Fang had a huge problem.

    powerless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking sufficient power or strength.
    • You are powerless to stop me
  • *
  • Lacking legal authority.
    • The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

    Derived terms

    * powerlessness * superpowerless

    Synonyms

    * strengthless * weak * vulnerable

    Antonyms

    * powerful * strong