Difference between Weak and Infirm

What is the difference between Weak and Infirm?

Weak as an adjective is lacking in force or ability. while Infirm as an adjective is weak or ill, not in good health.

Weak

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking in force or ability. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency. Regular in inflection, especially of verbs. One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay. Bad or uncool. Good or cool ( we had a weak time ) slang in P.E.I., Canada.

Example sentence: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Infirm

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Weak or ill, not in good health.

We hope you now know whether to use Weak or Infirm in your sentence.

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