different between vulnerable vs shielding

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

Verb

shielding

1. present participle of shield

Noun

shielding (countable and uncountable, plural shieldings)

1. (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
2. (soccer) Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.

Synonyms

• (soccer action): screening

Antonyms

• (situation in NMR spectroscopy):deshielding

Anagrams

• hidelings