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Crippling vs Impediment - What's the difference?

crippling | impediment | Related terms |

Crippling is a related term of impediment.


As nouns the difference between crippling and impediment

is that crippling is state of being crippled; lameness while impediment is a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.

As a verb crippling

is .

As an adjective crippling

is that cripples.

crippling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cripples

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • State of being crippled; lameness.
  • Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
    • (Webster 1913)

    impediment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=2 citation , passage=I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.}}
    Working in a noisy factory left him with a slight hearing impediment .
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta

    • Synonyms

    * hindrance * obstruction * obstacle * See also

    Related terms

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