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incapableness vs inability

inability vs incapableness

incapableness and inability both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
incapableness Yes No No No
inability Yes No No No
As nouns, inability is a hypernym of incapableness; that is, inability is a word with a broader meaning than incapableness:
  • incapableness: the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
  • inability: lacking the power to perform
Other hypernyms of incapableness include unfitness.
incapableness (noun) inability (noun)
the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally lacking the power to perform
lack of potential for development lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
Difference between incapableness and inability

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