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Injure vs Disable - What's the difference?

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Injure is a related term of disable.


In lang=en terms the difference between injure and disable

is that injure is to do injustice to while disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of.

As verbs the difference between injure and disable

is that injure is to wound or cause physical harm to a living creature while disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of.

As an adjective disable is

(obsolete) lacking ability; unable.

injure

English

(injury)

Verb

(injur)
  • To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • To damage or impair.
  • To do injustice to.

    • Synonyms

    * harm * damage * hurt * disfigure * wound * mar * impair

    Antonyms

    * praise * help * preserve * benefit

    Related terms

    * injurious * injury

    disable

    English

    Verb

    (disabl)
  • To render unable; to take away an ability of.
  • (chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
    • Falling off the horse disabled him.
  • to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
    • The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.

    Antonyms

    * enable

    Derived terms

    * disablement

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
  • * Daniel
    • Our disable and unactive force.

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