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Incapacitate vs Decapacitate - What's the difference?

incapacitate | decapacitate |

As verbs the difference between incapacitate and decapacitate

is that incapacitate is to make incapable (of doing something while decapacitate is to reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.

incapacitate

English

Verb

(incapacitat)
  • to make incapable (of doing something)
    • The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head

    decapacitate

    English

    Verb

    (decapacitat)
  • To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something
  • :Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.