different between unbalanced vs degraded

English

Etymology

From un- +? balanced.

Adjective

unbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)

1. not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy

   Synonyms: out of whack, lopsided, ill-disposed, unstable, imbalanced, inbalanced

2. irrational or mentally deranged
3. (accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
4. (computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
5. (American football) an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other

Translations

Verb

unbalanced

1. simple past tense and past participle of unbalance

English

Etymology

See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d????e?d?d/

Adjective

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

   • The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.

2. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
   • 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea

     The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana

3. (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

Synonyms

• (deprived of dignity): humiliated

Translations

Verb

degraded

1. simple past tense and past participle of degrade