Impressionable vs Vulnerable - What's the difference?
impressionable | vulnerable |
An impressionable person.
* 1942 , Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
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As adjectives the difference between impressionable and vulnerable
is that impressionable is being easily influenced (especially of young people) while vulnerable is more or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.As a noun impressionable
is an impressionable person.impressionable
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.
References
*vulnerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau, passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}
Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools