strong vs weak

strong

Definitions

adjective

  1. not faint or feeble
  2. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
  3. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
  4. of good quality and condition; solidly built
  5. strong and sure
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Examples

The only seriously bad bit is that you become less agile and less strong.

The overseer, a great strong man, cracking his "blacksnake" from time to time, to enforce authority, excited our strong indignation.

An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.

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weak

Definitions

adjective

  1. deficient in intelligence or mental power
  2. deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
  3. likely to fail under stress or pressure
  4. wanting in physical strength
  5. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
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Examples

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.

In a 1983 ad, the Gillette man was depicted as the tiny weakling on a basketball court full of giants; his shaver, he said, helped him even the odds.

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