powerful vs weak
Definitions
adjective
- having great power or force or potency or effect
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- having great influence
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
adverb
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Examples
The Huilloc men are only a little taller than their womenfolk, with broad chests, powerful shoulders and heavily muscled legs.
There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
That provides a powerful financial incentive for banks to supply more credit.
Definitions
adjective
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- wanting in physical strength
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Examples
It will definitely take a lot more tweaking to get me completely happy with it.
Most pseudocheirids have a strongly prehensile tail (weakly so in the great glider and rock ringtail).
The Italian was rejected because of his weak grasp of English.
