Disablement vs Impediment - What's the difference?
disablement | impediment | Related terms |
(formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book
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(chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
Disablement is a related term of impediment.
As nouns the difference between disablement and impediment
is that disablement is (formal) the action of disabling or the state of being disabled while impediment is a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.disablement
English
Noun
- The world would change if countries agreed to the disablement of all nuclear weapons.
Synonyms
* incapacitationimpediment
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
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 .