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Injure vs Incapacitate - What's the difference?

injure | incapacitate |

As verbs the difference between injure and incapacitate

is that injure is to wound or cause physical harm to a living creature while incapacitate is to make incapable (of doing something).

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

    incapacitate

    English

    Verb

    (incapacitat)
  • to make incapable (of doing something)
    • The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head