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feebleness vs wasting

wasting vs feebleness

feebleness and wasting both are nouns.

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

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