Feeble vs Petty - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between feeble and petty

is that feeble is deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated while petty is little, small, secondary in rank or importance.

As a verb feeble

is to make feeble; to enfeeble.

As a proper noun Petty is

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feeble

English

Adjective

(er)

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Though she appeared old and feeble , she could still throw a ball.

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, year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=France were transformed from the feeble , divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.}}

Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.

That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Synonyms

* (physically weak) weak, infirm, debilitated * faint

Derived terms

* enfeeble * feebleness * feeble-minded * feebly

Verb

(feebl)

(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

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petty

English

(wikipedia petty)

Adjective

(en-adj)

Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.

Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)

petty officer'', ''petty cash

Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.

a petty fault

Narrow-minded, small-minded.

Derived terms

* petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crime

Synonyms

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