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frailty vs wasting

wasting vs frailty

frailty and wasting both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
frailty Yes No No No
wasting Yes No No No
As nouns, wasting is a hyponym of frailty; that is, wasting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than frailty:
  • frailty: 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 frailty include asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, sickliness.
frailty (noun) wasting (noun)
moral weakness 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 frailty and wasting

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