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wasting away vs tabes

tabes vs wasting away

wasting away and tabes both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wasting away Yes No No No
tabes Yes No No No
As nouns, tabes is a hyponym of wasting away; that is, tabes is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wasting away:
  • wasting away: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  • tabes: wasting of the body during a chronic disease
Other hyponyms of wasting away include amyotrophia, amyotrophy, kraurosis.
wasting away (noun) tabes (noun)
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse wasting of the body during a chronic disease
Difference between wasting away and tabes

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