Impairment vs Limitation - What's the difference?
impairment | limitation |
The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
An imperfection or shortcoming which limits somethings use or value.
A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
As nouns the difference between impairment and limitation
is that impairment is the result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor while limitation is the act of limiting or the state of being limited.impairment
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Alternative forms
* empairment (rare)Noun
(wikipedia impairment) (en noun)limitation
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Noun
(en noun)- Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation it felt like a limitation you could roll in.
- He understood the exam material but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome.
- ''The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the 10 years limitation
