different between weakness vs incompetence
weakness
English
Alternative forms
- weakenes (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weykenesse; equivalent to weak +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?k.n?s/
Noun
weakness (countable and uncountable, plural weaknesses)
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault
- (countable) A special fondness or desire.
Synonyms
- (condition of being weak): frailty, powerlessness, vincibility, vulnerability
- (fault): fault, defect, flaw, hole
Antonyms
- (condition of being weak): strength, durability, invincibility, powerfulness
- (fault): strength, forte
Translations
Further reading
- weakness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- weakness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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incompetence
English
Etymology
From French incompétence.
Noun
incompetence (usually uncountable, plural incompetences)
- Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- ... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck
- 1949, George Orwell, 1984:
- Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
- 1974, Ursula Leguin, The Dispossessed:
- The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
Related terms
- incompetent
- competency
- incompetency
Translations
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