Impair vs Debase - What's the difference?
impair | debase | Synonyms |
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
(archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
In transitive terms the difference between impair and debase
is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on while debase is to lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.As an adjective impair
is not fit or appropriate.impair
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (qualifier)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)