Difference between Crippled and Halting

What is the difference between Crippled and Halting?

Crippled as an adjective is having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility. while Halting as an adjective is prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken

Crippled

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility. Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired

Example sentence: I'm the kind of guy who, I need a watch that tells me what day it is. I need to know it's Friday on my watch. I need to look at it and go, 'Friday today.' Tomorrow I will not know it's Saturday until I look at my watch. My watchband broke, I was crippled. I have no concept of time, I have no concept of dates.

Halting

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To limp; move with a limping gait.

We hope you now know whether to use Crippled or Halting in your sentence.

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