Passive vs Weakness - What's the difference?
passive | weakness |
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
Taking no action.
(grammar) Being in the passive voice.
(psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
(finance) Not participating in management.
(uncountable, grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
(countable, grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
(uncountable) The condition of being weak.
(countable) An inadequate quality; fault
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As nouns the difference between passive and weakness
is that passive is while weakness is (uncountable) the condition of being weak.passive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He remained passive during the protest.
Antonyms
* active * aggressiveSynonyms
* inactive * idle * disinterested * uninvolvedDerived terms
* passive-aggressive * passively * passiveness * passive smoking * passive voice * passivity * passivisation / passivization * passivise / passivizeNoun
(en noun)External links
* * ----weakness
English
Noun
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness , mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4), passage=Bradford had preyed on Villa's inability to defend set pieces, corners in particular, in their first-leg win and took advantage of the weakness again as Hanson equalised to restore their two-goal aggregate lead.}}
