Impair vs Debilitate - What's the difference?
impair | debilitate | Synonyms |
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
(archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
To make feeble; to weaken.
Impair is a synonym of debilitate.
As verbs the difference between impair and debilitate
is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on while debilitate is to make feeble; to weaken.As an adjective impair
is (obsolete) not fit or appropriate.impair
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Alternative forms
* (l) (qualifier)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)
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* * * ----debilitate
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Verb
- The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.