Maim vs Disable - What's the difference?
maim | disable |
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
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.
to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
* Daniel
As verbs the difference between maim and disable
is that maim is to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body while disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of.As an adjective disable is
(obsolete) lacking ability; unable.maim
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Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
*Derived terms
* maimerAnagrams
* * ----disable
English
Verb
(disabl)- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Antonyms
* enableDerived terms
* disablementAdjective
(en adjective)- Our disable and unactive force.