Helpless vs. Hopeless — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Helpless and Hopeless
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Helpless
Unable to defend oneself or to act without help
The cubs are born blind and helpless
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Hopeless
Having no hope; despairing
Lost hikers who felt hopeless.
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Helpless
Unable to help oneself; powerless or incompetent.
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Hopeless
Characterized by despair
Hopeless resignation.
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Helpless
Lacking support or protection
They were left helpless in the storm.
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Hopeless
Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible
A hopeless problem.
A hopeless disease.
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Helpless
Impossible to control; involuntary
Helpless laughter.
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Hopeless
Having no hope or chance of changing or improving
A hopeless romantic.
A hopeless procrastinator.
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Helpless
Unable to defend oneself.
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Hopeless
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
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Helpless
Lacking help; powerless.
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Hopeless
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
A hopeless cause
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Helpless
Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
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Hopeless
Without talent, not skilled.
He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
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Helpless
Uncontrollable.
A helpless urge
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Hopeless
(of an adverse condition) Incurable.
She is a hopeless romantic.
He is a hopeless idler.
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Helpless
(obsolete) From which there is no possibility of being saved.
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Hopeless
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
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Helpless
Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend?
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Hopeless
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of "never to return"Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.
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Helpless
Beyond help; irremediable.
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body.
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Hopeless
Unhoped for; despaired of.
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Helpless
Bringing no help; unaiding.
Yet since the gods have beenHelpless foreseers of my plagues.
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Hopeless
Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success;
In an agony of hopeless grief
With a hopeless sigh he sat down
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Helpless
Unsupplied; destitute; - with of.
Helpless of all that human wants require.
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Hopeless
Of a person unable to do something skillfully;
I'm hopeless at mathematics
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Helpless
Lacking in or deprived of strength or power;
Lying ill and helpless
Helpless with laughter
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Hopeless
Certain to fail;
The situation is hopeless
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Helpless
Unable to function; without help
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Hopeless
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform;
She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
He is a hopeless romantic
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Helpless
Unable to manage independently;
As helpless as a baby
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