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Incapacity vs Debilitation - What's the difference?

incapacity | debilitation | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between incapacity and debilitation

is that incapacity is the lack of a capacity; an inability while debilitation is the act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

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;

    debilitation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.