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debility vs sickliness

sickliness vs debility

debility and sickliness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
debility Yes No No No
sickliness Yes No No No
As nouns, sickliness is a hyponym of debility; that is, sickliness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than debility:
  • debility: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • sickliness: The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Other hyponyms of debility include asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting.
debility (noun) sickliness (noun)
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Difference between debility and sickliness

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