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Incapacity vs Crippling - What's the difference?

incapacity | crippling | Related terms |

Incapacity is a related term of crippling.


As nouns the difference between incapacity and crippling

is that incapacity is the lack of a capacity; an inability while crippling is state of being crippled; lameness.

As a verb crippling is

.

As an adjective crippling is

that cripples.

incapacity

English

Noun

(incapacities)
  • The lack of a capacity; an inability
  • * 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
  • So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;

    crippling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cripples
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • State of being crippled; lameness.
  • Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
  • (Webster 1913)