Incompetent vs Dementia - What's the difference?
incompetent | dementia |
Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
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As an adjective incompetent
is incompetent.As a noun dementia is
(pathology) a progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.incompetent
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Adjective
(head)- Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
- The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
Synonyms
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The form incompetent of , as in "I am incompetent of doing anything!" is heard (US). It is incorrect, the intended word is incapable.dementia
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(en-noun)Charles T. Ambrose
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