waste vs weaken

weaken vs waste

waste is a noun but weaken is not a noun.

waste is an adjective but weaken is not an adjective.

waste and weaken both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
waste	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
weaken	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, weaken is a hypernym of waste; that is, weaken is a word with a broader meaning than waste:

waste: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
weaken: become weaker

waste (noun)	weaken (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
the trait of wasting resources
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

waste (adjective)	weaken (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

waste (verb)	weaken (verb)
become physically weaker	become weaker
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly	lessen the strength of
cause to grow thin or weak	reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief	lessen in force or effect
spend extravagantly	destroy property or hinder normal operations
use inefficiently or inappropriately
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
run off as waste
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
dispose of

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