Difference between Decrepitude and Dilapidation

What is the difference between Decrepitude and Dilapidation?

Decrepitude as a noun is the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use while Dilapidation as a noun is the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.

Decrepitude

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use

Dilapidation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or by intention.Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

We hope you now know whether to use Decrepitude or Dilapidation in your sentence.

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