weakness vs delicacy

delicacy vs weakness

weakness and delicacy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weakness	Yes	No	No	No
delicacy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, delicacy is a hyponym of weakness; that is, delicacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weakness:

weakness: the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
delicacy: lack of physical strength

Other hyponyms of weakness include littleness, smallness, adynamia, feebleness, tenuity, faintness, flimsiness, shoddiness, fragility, insubstantiality, attenuation, enervation, fatigability, inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness, soft spot, weak part, weak spot, vulnerability.

weakness (noun)	delicacy (noun)
the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain	the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act	subtly skillful handling of a situation
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you	lack of physical strength
a flaw or weak point	slenderness
the condition of being financially weak	lightness in movement or manner
	refined taste; tact
	something considered choice to eat

Difference between weakness and delicacy

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