different between vulnerable vs disabled

English

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulner? (“I wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?ln(?)??bl?/
• (proscribed) IPA^(key): /?v?n(?)??bl?/
• Hyphenation: vul?ner?a?ble

Adjective

vulnerable (comparative more vulnerable, superlative most vulnerable)

1. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
   1. Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.

2. (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

Synonyms

• (exposed to attack): defenceless, helpless, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, weak

Antonyms

• (exposed to attack): durable, indomitable, invincible, invulnerable, powerful, strong

Derived terms

• vulnerability
• vulnerably

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vul.n???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bul.n???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /vul.ne??a.ble/

Adjective

vulnerable (masculine and feminine plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilitat
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• vulnerábel

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis, from Latin vulner? (“I wound”).

Adjective

vulnerable m or f (plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilidade
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin vulner?bilis, from Latin vulner? (“to wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulne??able/, [bul.ne??a.??le]

Adjective

vulnerable (plural vulnerables)

1. vulnerable

Related terms

• vulnerabilidad
• vulnerar

Further reading

• “vulnerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From disable +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s?e?b??d]

Adjective

disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)

1. Made incapable of use or action.
   • 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:

     In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.

2. Having a disability.
3. (law) Legally disqualified.

Synonyms

• incapacitated
• indisposed
• invalid

Antonyms

• enabled

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)

1. One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

Translations

Verb

disabled

1. simple past tense and past participle of disable