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Inability vs Deadlock - What's the difference?

inability | deadlock |

As nouns the difference between inability and deadlock

is that inability is lack of the ability to do something; incapability while deadlock is a standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.

As a verb deadlock is

to cause or to come to a deadlock.

inability

English

Noun

(inabilities)
  • lack of the ability to do something; incapability
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
  • The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals.

    deadlock

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia deadlock) (en noun)
  • A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse
  • (computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation
  • Derived terms

    * break the deadlock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cause or to come to a deadlock
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