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Unnerve vs Debilitate - What's the difference?

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Unnerve is a related term of debilitate.


As verbs the difference between unnerve and debilitate

is that unnerve is to deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble while debilitate is to make feeble; to weaken.

unnerve

English

Verb

(unnerv)
  • To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.
  • to unnerve the arm
  • To upset.
  • I was greatly unnerved by this.

    Derived terms

    * unnervingly

    debilitate

    English

    Verb

  • To make feeble; to weaken.
  • The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

    Synonyms

    * weaken * enfeeble * enervate

    See also

    * enervate