Infirm vs Tumbledown - What's the difference?
infirm | tumbledown | 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.
in disrepair; poorly maintained
:They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.
Infirm is a related term of tumbledown.
As adjectives the difference between infirm and tumbledown
is that infirm is weak or ill, not in good health while tumbledown is in disrepair; poorly maintained.As a verb infirm
is to contradict, to provide proof that something is not.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.