different between incapable vs lacking

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incapable, in- +? capable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ke?p?bl?/, /???ke?p?bl?/
• Hyphenation: in?ca?pable

Adjective

incapable (comparative more incapable, superlative most incapable)

1. Not capable (of doing something); unable.
2. Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.

   incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury

Synonyms

• (not capable): unable
• (not in a state to receive): refusing

Antonyms

• capable

Derived terms

• incapability
• incapably

Related terms

• incapacitate
• incapacitation

Translations

Noun

incapable (plural incapables)

1. (dated) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

French

Etymology

From Latin incapabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ka.pabl/

Adjective

incapable (plural incapables)

1. unable, incapable

Noun

incapable m (plural incapables, feminine incapable)

1. incompetent (person)

Further reading

• “incapable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læk??/

Verb

lacking

1. present participle of lack

Noun

lacking (plural lackings)

1. The absence of something; a lack.
   • 1914, Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery

     Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

Translations

Adjective

lacking (comparative more lacking, superlative most lacking)

1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

Translations

Anagrams

• Glackin, calking