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Vulnerable vs Armoured - What's the difference?

vulnerable | armoured |

As adjectives the difference between vulnerable and armoured

is that vulnerable is vulnerable while armoured is possessing armour.

As a verb armoured is

(armour).

vulnerable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 29, author=Kevin Mitchell, work=the Guardian
    • , title= Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

    • Synonyms

    * (exposed to attack) defenceless, helpless, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, weak

    Antonyms

    * (exposed to attack) durable, indomitable, invincible, invulnerable, powerful, strong

    Derived terms

    * vulnerability * vulnerably

    armoured

    English

    Alternative forms

    * armored (US)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Possessing armour.
    • The armoured vehicle rolled into the city
  • (military) Equipped with armoured vehicles.
    • armoured unit, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

    Synonyms

    * (possessing armour) mailed * (military) mechanized, tank

    Verb

    (head)
  • (armour)