different between enervated vs inert

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?ve?t?d/

Adjective

enervated (comparative more enervated, superlative most enervated)

1. Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.

Verb

enervated

1. simple past tense and past participle of enervate

Anagrams

• denervate, venerated

English

Etymology

From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adjective

inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)

1. Unable to move or act; inanimate.
2. In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
3. Having no therapeutic action.

Synonyms

• (unable to move or act): dormant, motionless; see also Thesaurus:inactive or Thesaurus:stationary
• (not readily reacting): unreactive

Derived terms

• inert gas
• inertly

Translations

See also

• inertia

Noun

inert (plural inerts)

1. (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.

Verb

inert (third-person singular simple present inerts, present participle inerting, simple past and past participle inerted)

1. To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inter, inter-, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin iners.

Adjective

inert (feminine inerta, masculine plural inerts, feminine plural inertes)

1. inert

Derived terms

• gas inert
• inertament

Related terms

• inèrcia

Further reading

• “inert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

inert (comparative inerter, superlative am inertesten)

1. inert

Declension

Further reading

• “inert” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French inerte, from Latin iners.

Adjective

inert m or n (feminine singular inert?, masculine plural iner?i, feminine and neuter plural inerte)

1. inert

Declension