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Powerless vs. Powerful — What's the Difference?

Powerless vs. Powerful — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Powerless and Powerful

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Powerless

Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual.

Powerful

Having or capable of exerting power.

Powerless

Lacking legal or other authority.

Powerful

Effective or potent
A powerful drug.

Powerless

Lacking sufficient power or strength.
I admit that I am powerless over my hatred towards white people in ways that I am unable to recognize fully, both at this time and in the past.
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Powerful

Chiefly Upper Southern US Great
"[Everybody had] a powerful lot to say about faith and good works and free grace ... and I don't know what all" (Mark Twain).

Powerless

Lacking legal authority.
The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

Powerful

Very
It was powerful humid.

Powerless

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

Powerful

Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.

Powerless

Lacking power

Powerful

Leading to many or important deductions.
A powerful set of postulates
A powerful theorem

Powerful

(mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Powerful

(Southern US) very

Powerful

Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.
The powerful grace that liesIn herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.

Powerful

Large; capacious; - said of veins of ore.

Powerful

Having great power or force or potency or effect;
The most powerful government in western Europe
His powerful arms
A powerful bomb
The horse's powerful kick
Powerful drugs
A powerful argument

Powerful

Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm;
A knock-down blow

Powerful

Having the power to influence or convince;
A cogent analysis of the problem
Potent arguments

Powerful

(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;
A hefty athlete
A muscular boxer
Powerful arms

Powerful

Displaying superhuman strength or power;
Herculean exertions

Powerful

(Southern regional intensive) very;
The baby is mighty cute
He's mighty tired
It is powerful humid
That boy is powerful big now
They have a right nice place

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