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wasting vs frailty

frailty vs wasting

wasting and frailty both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wasting Yes No No No
frailty Yes No No No
As nouns, frailty is a hypernym of wasting; that is, frailty 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
  • frailty: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Other hypernyms of wasting include debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism.
wasting (noun) frailty (noun)
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse moral weakness
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 frailty

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