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Helpless vs Forgotten - What's the difference?

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Helpless is a related term of forgotten.


As adjectives the difference between helpless and forgotten

is that helpless is unable to defend oneself or to act without help while forgotten is of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

As a verb forgotten is

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As a noun forgotten is

a person or thing that has been forgotten.

helpless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to defend oneself or to act without help.
  • * 1995 , (Bryan Adams),
    • Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
    You know you really love a woman
  • Uncontrollable.

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    forgotten

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that has been forgotten.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 31, author=Alan Feuer, title=Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens , New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past. }} English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles