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Impotence vs Disqualification - What's the difference?

impotence | disqualification | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between impotence and disqualification

is that impotence is powerlessness while disqualification is the act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

impotence

English

Alternative forms

* impotency

Noun

(-)
  • Powerlessness.
    • O, impotence of mind in body strong! — Milton.
  • Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

    • Related terms

    * impotent

    disqualification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
  • That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.
  • (label): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.