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Exhaustion vs Enervation - What's the difference?

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Exhaustion is a related term of enervation.


As nouns the difference between exhaustion and enervation

is that exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up while enervation is act of enervating; debilitation.

exhaustion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
  • Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
  • (dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
  • (maths) An exhaustive procedure
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * proof by exhaustion

    enervation

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Act of enervating; debilitation.
  • State of being enervated; debility.
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