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Inability vs Disqualification - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between inability and disqualification

is that inability is lack of the ability to do something; incapability 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.

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.

    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.