Disabled vs. Disable — What's the Difference?

Having become or having been rendered inoperative

To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of.

Having a disability

(Law) To render legally incapable of performing an act.

(used with a pl. verb) People with physical or mental impairments, considered as a group. rights of the disabled.

(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.

Made incapable of use or action.

To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.

Having a disability.

To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

(legal) Legally disqualified.

(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular

Lacking ability; unable.

Simple past tense and past participle of disable

To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

Injured so as to be unable to function; as, disabled veterans.

To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

Unable to function at normal capacity.

To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.

People who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped;

Make unable to perform a certain action;

Incapacitated by injury or illness

Injure permanently;

So badly injured as to be unable to continue;