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Unemployment vs Disability - What's the difference?

unemployment | disability |

As nouns the difference between unemployment and disability

is that unemployment is the state of having no job; joblessness while disability is state of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

unemployment

English

Noun

(IPA: /?n.?m?pl??.m?nt /)
  • The state of having no job; joblessness.
    • Unemployment made Jack depressed.
  • The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
    • Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
  • The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
    • Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.
  • (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
    • All unemployments , seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.
  • (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.
    • Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments , and drug use.

    Synonyms

    * joblessness, worklessness, unwork

    Antonyms

    * employment

    Related terms

    * classical unemployment * cyclical unemployment * frictional unemployment * Marxian unemployment * seasonal unemployment * structural unemployment * technological unemployment * unemployed

    disability

    English

    (wikipedia disability) (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
  • * (rfdate),
    • Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.
  • * (rfdate),
    • Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability .
  • Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture.
  • (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
    • I had to go on disability after the accident.
    Did you get your disability this month?

    Usage notes

    * Disability and inability: Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.

    Synonyms

    * disqualification * impotence * inability * incapacity * incompetency * incompetence * weakness

    Antonyms

    * ability * capacity * competence * competency * potence * potential * qualification * strength

    Related terms

    * disable * disabled * disablism