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Infirmity vs Malady - What's the difference?

infirmity | malady |

As nouns the difference between infirmity and malady

is that infirmity is feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age while malady is any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

infirmity

English

Noun

(infirmities)
  • feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
  • a moral weakness or defect

    • Related terms

    * infirm

    malady

    English

    Noun

    (maladies)
  • Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
  • * The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. Buckminster .
  • A moral or mental defect or disorder.
  • * Love's a malady without a cure. Dryden .

    • Synonyms

    * ailment * disease * disorder * distemper * illness * sickness

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