different between impaired vs boccia

English

Adjective

impaired

1. Rendered less effective.

   His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.

2. inebriated, drunk.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "impaired" is often applied: vision, hearing, mobility, healing, fertility, health, judgment, cognition, consciousness, memory, concentration, function, performance, ability, capacity, person, child, adult.
• Adverbs often applied to "impaired": visually, physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively.

Synonyms

• (rendered less effective):
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Verb

impaired

1. simple past tense and past participle of impair

Noun

impaired (plural impaireds)

1. A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.

   The cop gave me an impaired.

English

Etymology

From Italian boccia (“ball”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t??/

Noun

boccia (uncountable)

1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.

See also

• bocce
• wheelchair curling

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buttia < Latin buttis. See also bozza.

Noun

boccia f (plural bocce)

1. bowl, bowling ball
2. flagon, decanter

Descendants

• ? English: boccia
• ? Galician: bocha
• ? Portuguese: bocha
• ? Spanish: bocha

Anagrams

• Baccio, biacco

Portuguese

Noun

boccia f (plural boccias)

1. Dated spelling of bocha.