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feebleness vs cachexia

cachexia vs feebleness

feebleness and cachexia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
feebleness Yes No No No
cachexia Yes No No No
As nouns, cachexia is a hyponym of feebleness; that is, cachexia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feebleness:
  • feebleness: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • cachexia: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Other hyponyms of feebleness include asthenia, astheny, cachexy, wasting, sickliness.
feebleness (noun) cachexia (noun)
the quality of lacking intensity or substance any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Difference between feebleness and cachexia

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