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incapacitate vs lay up

lay up vs incapacitate

incapacitate and lay up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
incapacitate No No Yes No
lay up No No Yes No
As verbs, lay up is a hyponym of incapacitate; that is, lay up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than incapacitate:
  • incapacitate: make unable to perform a certain action
  • lay up: disable or confine, as with an illness
Other hyponyms of incapacitate include nobble, pinion, confine, constrain, hold, restrain.
incapacitate (verb) lay up (verb)
injure permanently disable or confine, as with an illness
make unable to perform a certain action
Difference between incapacitate and lay up

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