Feeble vs Vulnerable - What's the difference?
feeble | vulnerable |
Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
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Vulnerable is a synonym of feeble.
As adjectives the difference between feeble and vulnerable
is that feeble is deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated while vulnerable is more or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.As a verb feeble
is to make feeble; to enfeeble.feeble
English
Adjective
(er)- Though she appeared old and feeble , she could still throw a ball.
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- That was a feeble excuse for an example.
Synonyms
* (physically weak) weak, infirm, debilitated * faintDerived terms
* enfeeble * feebleness * feeble-minded * feeblyVerb
(feebl)References
* *vulnerable
English
Adjective
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Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools