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Weakened vs Enfeebled - What's the difference?

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Weakened is a related term of enfeebled.


As verbs the difference between weakened and enfeebled

is that weakened is (weaken) while enfeebled is (enfeeble).

As an adjective weakened

is reduced, made less strong.

weakened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reduced, made less strong.
    • His weakened immune system couldn't cope with the infection.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (weaken)

    • enfeebled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enfeeble)

    • enfeeble

    English

    Verb

    (enfeebl)
  • To make feeble.
  • * 2014 , Michael White, " Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
    • In the face of enfeebled , self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
  • * 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets , J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,
    • "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."

    Synonyms

    * weaken