Enervate vs Innervate

Enervate vs Innervate

Enervate – It can be used both as a verb and as an adjective. Both meanings are given below.

As a verb

Enervate – to drain or weaken physically or mentally

For e.g.:

1. The hot noon sun enervated poor Seema aunty.

2. The gruelling sports training sessions enervated Mithun.

As an adjective

Enervate – used to describe a person as tired or drained out
For e.g.:

1. The enervate dog hungrily gobbled up several slices of bread.

2. The songs in the radio were so boring, an enervate Pritam turned off the radio.

Innervate – Used mostly in zoology. It means to stimulate nerves, or to introduce nerves in an organ or body part.

For e.g.:

1. The nerves in the spinal cord innervate most parts of the body.

2. During Mukesh’s surgery, the doctors had to innervate his shoulder in between the surgery.

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1. The __________ (enervate/innervate) crowd did not cheer much when the star performer came on stage.
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2. It looks like the doctors will have to _______ (enervate/innervate) the patient’s kidney to avoid complications.
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3. Last week, the dance rehearsals continued for three hours, ______ (enervating/innervating) most of us.
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4. Trupti has a condition in which the ______ (enervation/innervations) of her cornea have weakened.
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5. An ______ (enervate/innervate) Prema aunty chugged down two glasses of cold sherbet.
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