Disability
Part of speech: noun
Definition: State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. The combination of a physical or intellectual impairment of an individual and the social attitudes and environment that prevents a person from living a full, normal life or from performing his/her normal job. Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
Handicap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To encumber with a handicap in any contest.To place at disadvantage.To estimate betting odds.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.Hence the disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people. (sometimes considered offensive)A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.An old game at cards. - Pepys
Example sentence: Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.