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sickliness vs infirmity

infirmity vs sickliness

sickliness and infirmity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sickliness Yes No No No
infirmity Yes No No No
As nouns, infirmity is a hypernym of sickliness; that is, infirmity is a word with a broader meaning than sickliness:
  • sickliness: The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
  • infirmity: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Other hypernyms of sickliness include debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, valetudinarianism.
sickliness (noun) infirmity (noun)
The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Difference between sickliness and infirmity

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