weakness vs fragility

fragility vs weakness

weakness and fragility both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fragility is a hyponym of weakness; that is, fragility 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
fragility: lack of physical strength

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

weakness (noun)	fragility (noun)
the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain	quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act	lack of physical strength
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
a flaw or weak point
the condition of being financially weak

Difference between weakness and fragility

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