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wasting vs feebleness

feebleness vs wasting

wasting and feebleness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wasting Yes No No No
feebleness Yes No No No
As nouns, feebleness is a hypernym of wasting; that is, feebleness is a word with a broader meaning than wasting:
  • wasting: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
  • feebleness: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Other hypernyms of wasting include debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism.
wasting (noun) feebleness (noun)
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse the quality of lacking intensity or substance
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Difference between wasting and feebleness

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