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Handicapped vs Crippled - What's the difference?

handicapped | crippled |

As verbs the difference between handicapped and crippled

is that handicapped is (handicap) while crippled is (cripple).

As adjectives the difference between handicapped and crippled

is that handicapped is having a handicap while crippled is having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

As a noun handicapped

is (india) a disabled person.

handicapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (handicap)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a handicap.
  • (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.

    • See also

    * disabled

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) A disabled person.

    • crippled

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
    • 1848' ''"A '''crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"'' — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre , Chapter 17.
  • Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
    • 1893' ''The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a '''crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate.'' — Mark Twain, '' Pudd'nhead Wilson.

    Antonyms

    * noncrippled * uncrippled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cripple)