Powerlessness vs Incapacity - What's the difference?
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The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
The lack of a capacity; an inability
* 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
Powerlessness is a related term of incapacity.
As nouns the difference between powerlessness and incapacity
is that powerlessness is the state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power while incapacity is the lack of a capacity; an inability.powerlessness
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Noun
(-)Synonyms
* impotenceSee also
* helplessnessReferences
* *incapacity
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Noun
(incapacities)- So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;