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Neutralise vs Incapacitate - What's the difference?

neutralise | incapacitate |

As verbs the difference between neutralise and incapacitate

is that neutralise is to make inactive or ineffective while incapacitate is to make incapable (of doing something.

neutralise

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (American)

Verb

(neutralis)
  • To make inactive or ineffective.
    • The antidote neutralised the toxin.

    Anagrams

    * British English forms ----

    incapacitate

    English

    Verb

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