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infirmity vs sickliness

sickliness vs infirmity

infirmity and sickliness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infirmity Yes No No No
sickliness Yes No No No
As nouns, sickliness is a hyponym of infirmity; that is, sickliness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than infirmity:
  • infirmity: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • sickliness: The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Other hyponyms of infirmity include asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting.
infirmity (noun) sickliness (noun)
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Difference between infirmity and sickliness

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