disability vs visual impairment

visual impairment vs disability

disability and visual impairment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disability	Yes	No	No	No
visual impairment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, visual impairment is a hyponym of disability; that is, visual impairment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disability:

disability: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
visual impairment: impairment of the sense of sight

Other hyponyms of disability include bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, anorgasmia, dysphasia, disability of walking, astasia, amputation, hearing disorder, hearing impairment, dysomia, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, descensus, prolapse, prolapsus, hypesthesia, hypoesthesia, genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga, pigeon toes, bandy legs, bow leg, bow legs, disintegration.

disability (noun)	visual impairment (noun)
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness	impairment of the sense of sight

Difference between disability and visual impairment

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