Inability vs Incapable - What's the difference?
inability | incapable |
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]
Not capable (of doing something); unable.
Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
(dated) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
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As nouns the difference between inability and incapable
is that inability is lack of the ability to do something; incapability while incapable is one who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.As an adjective incapable is
not capable (of doing something); unable.inability
English
Noun
(inabilities)- 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.
incapable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid.
- I consider him incapable of dishonesty.
- incapable''' of pain, or pleasure; '''incapable of stain or injury