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Feeble vs. Flabby — What's the Difference?

Feeble vs. Flabby — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Feeble and Flabby

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Feeble

Lacking bodily strength; weak
Too feeble to climb the hill.

Flabby

Soft and hanging loosely or in folds
A flabby belly.

Feeble

Having little intensity or strength; faint
Feeble light.
A feeble voice.

Flabby

Having a body characterized by fleshiness or softness, as from being somewhat overweight
He is very flabby around the waist.

Feeble

Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain
The castle's feeble defenses.
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Flabby

Lacking force, control, or effectiveness
"The stories will be filled with more action than plot.... There will be more clichéd lines, more flabby reaction shots, more slack and vacuous scenes" (Theodore Roszak).

Feeble

Lacking vigor or effectiveness; inadequate
A feeble attempt to apologize.

Flabby

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

Feeble

Showing little activity
A feeble housing market.

Flabby

(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.

Feeble

Deficient in physical strength.
Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.

Flabby

(of writing, etc.) overwrought.

Feeble

Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.
That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Flabby

(math) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.
A flabby sheaf on a paracompact space

Feeble

(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

Flabby

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

Feeble

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.

Flabby

Lacking firmness or stiffness;
Flabby around the middle
Flaccid cheeks

Feeble

Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.

Feeble

To make feble; to enfeeble.
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here?

Feeble

Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;
A feeble excuse
A lame argument

Feeble

Lacking strength or vigor;
Damning with faint praise
Faint resistance
Feeble efforts
A feeble voice

Feeble

Lacking physical strength or vitality;
A feeble old woman
Her body looked sapless

Feeble

Lacking strength;
A weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude

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