Difference between Weakens and Undermine

WEAKENS vs UNDERMINE: NOUN

To weaken by wearing away a base or foundation.
To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly; sap.
To dig a mine or tunnel beneath.
To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap.
Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way.

To injure, weaken, or destroy insidiously or indirectly; wear away; wear out; sap.
Figuratively, to subvert by removing clandestinely the foundation of; injure by invisible, secret, or dishonorable means.
To form a mine under; sap; render unstable by digging or wearing away the foundation of; make an excavation beneath, especially for the purpose of causing to fall, or of blowing up: as, to undermine a wall; a river undermines its banks.

Impairs, Undermines, Diminishes, Erodes, De escalate, Step down, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Sabotage, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

Tarnish, Endanger, Hinder, Destabilize, Hamper, Derail, Jeopardize, Erode, Undercut, Cave, Countermine, Counteract, Sabotage, Subvert, Weaken

Declines, Reduced, Decreases, Weakness, Weak, Impoverishes, Falters, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

Imperil, Tarnish, Endanger, Hinder, Destabilize, Hamper, Derail, Jeopardize, Erode, Undercut, Cave, Countermine, Counteract, Subvert, Weaken

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This weakens the controls over local revenue collections.
In our opinion, this strategy weakens the questionnaire.
Selfishness weakens a marriage and repels the Spirit.
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Elsewhere we learn hot food weakens the stomach.
It weakens our labour rights and environmental protections.
This weakens the evidence for gender schema theory.
" We believe that anything that weakens the domestic seafood industry weakens the economic and social fabric of both our regions.
It weakens you, and it weakens the movie.

Without forgiveness, the betrayal will undermine meaningful relationships.
Two features of this history undermine that argument.
This alone will ultimately undermine trust in SAFe.
Trade agreements must never undermine German safety standards.
States might act to undermine the National Legislature.
Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe.
It would undermine our Ukraine policy and it would undermine our national security.
Whoever does not seek to undermine has sufficient arguments why not to undermine.
Their goal is to undermine and spread disunity in the West, to undermine liberal democracy as a principle.
To do otherwise would undermine the rule of law and undermine our constitutional system of government.