Infirm vs Infirmity - What's the difference?
infirm | infirmity | Related terms |
Weak or ill, not in good health.
* Shakespeare
Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
* Burke
* Shakespeare
Fail; unstable; insecure.
* South
To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
a moral weakness or defect
Infirm is a related term of infirmity.
As a adjective infirm
is weak or ill, not in good health.As a verb infirm
is to contradict, to provide proof that something is not.As a noun infirmity is
feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.infirm
English
Adjective
(er)- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
- A poor, infirm , weak, and despised old man.
- An infirm judgment.
- Infirm of purpose!
- He who fixes on false principles treads on infirm ground.
Verb
(en verb)- The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.
