Difference between Weaken and Damp

WEAKEN vs DAMP: NOUN

Lowness of spirits; depression.
Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
Moist air; humidity; moisture.
A slight wetness
Moisture in the air; humidity.
Moisture that lies or has condensed on something.
A restraint or check; a discouragement.
A damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.
A curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
A damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Fog; fogginess; vapor.
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
The popular name of a disease which attacks young seedlings and succulent plants, causing them to rot off near the surface of the ground.
Depression of spirits; dejection.
A check; a discouragement.
A fog.
A poisonous vapor; specifically, in mining, a stifling or poisonous gas. See black-damp, fire-damp.
A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute.

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen.
To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.

To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit.
To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate.

To make damp or moist; moisten.
To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.
To restrain or check; discourage.
To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).

To become weak or weaker: as, he weakens from day to day.
To make weak or weaker; lesson or reduce the strength, power, ability, influence, or quality of: as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken a solution or infusion by dilution; to weaken the force of an argument.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become weak or weaker.

Moist; humid; moderately wet: as, a damp cloth; damp air.
Clammy.
Synonyms Humid, Dank, etc. See moist.
To moisten; make humid or moderately wet; dampen.
To extinguish; smother; suffocate.
To suffocate with damp or foul air in a mine. [Eng.]
To check or retard the force or action of: as, to damp a fire by covering it with ashes; especially, to diminish the range or amplitude of vibrations in, as a piano-string, by causing a resistance to the motions of the vibrating body.
To make dull or weak and indistinct, as a sound or a light; obscure; deaden.
To depress; deject; discourage; deaden; check; weaken.
Specifically To diminish or destroy the oscillation of (a metallic body in motion in a magnetic field).
[Dampen is now more common in the literal sense, and is sometimes used in the derived senses.]
Synonyms To moderate, allay, dispirit.
In horticulture, to rot or waste away, as the stems and leaves of seedlings and other tender plants, when the soil and atmosphere in which they are vegetating are too wet or cold: with off: as, flower-seedlings in hotbeds are especially liable to damp off.

Undercut, Worsen, Diminish, Erode, De escalate, Step down, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Sabotage, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

Dank, Muggy, Humid, Tone down, Mute, Break, Weaken, Muffle, Soften, Moistness, Deaden, Dampen, Dull, Moist, Wet

Hamper, Hinder, Cripple, Undercut, Worsen, Diminish, Erode, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

Humidity, Dank, Muggy, Humid, Tone down, Mute, Break, Weaken, Muffle, Soften, Deaden, Dampen, Dull, Moist, Wet

There are traumas in life that weaken us.
Stretching the truth will only weaken your case.
Muscles tend to shorten and weaken with age.
It can even weaken the entire immune system.
Virtually all knots weaken line in various degrees.
All of that can weaken your lash lift.
Farm laws will weaken mandi system: Sharad Pawar.
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Gaonic authority and caliphal authority were, the ga on implied, bound up with each other: weaken one and you weaken the other.
To weaken one is to weaken the other.

Wipe the window clean with a damp cloth.
Can I dye my wet or damp hair?
Clean by wiping with a soft damp cloth.
Are There Any Problems with Damp or Mold?
The damp wood had swollen in its frame.
Damp proof membrane A damp proof membrane is required for all floors of habitable buildings to prevent moisture rising from the ground below.
Damage: These crickets live in cool dark and damp habitats like caves, plumbing, under rocks, damp basements and inside privies.
If you notice damp in the floor or lower portion of the walls, it is likely rising damp.
Any damp smells can be an indication of water leaks or even rising damp.
How to Clean: Apply with a damp sponge or damp cloth.