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Incapacitated vs Crippled - What's the difference?

incapacitated | crippled | Related terms |

Incapacitated is a related term of crippled.


As verbs the difference between incapacitated and crippled

is that incapacitated is (incapacitate) while crippled is (cripple).

As adjectives the difference between incapacitated and crippled

is that incapacitated is unable to act while crippled is having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

incapacitated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (incapacitate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable to act

    • crippled

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
    • 1848' ''"A '''crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"'' — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre , Chapter 17.
  • Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
    • 1893' ''The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a '''crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate.'' — Mark Twain, '' Pudd'nhead Wilson.

    Antonyms

    * noncrippled * uncrippled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cripple)