Impel vs Dragoon - What's the difference?
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Impel is a related term of dragoon. As verbs the difference between impel and dragoon is that impel is to urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically) while dragoon is to force someone into doing something; to coerce. As a noun dragoon is ( lb) a horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
impel English
Verb
(impell)
To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).
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To drive forward; to propel an object.
Synonyms
* (to drive forward) propel
Antonyms
* expel
Related terms
* impellent
* impeller
* impulse
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dragoon Noun
( en noun)
(lb) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon ; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
A carrier of a dragon musket.
A variety of pigeon.
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Verb
( en verb)
To force someone into doing something; to coerce.
Related terms
* dragooner
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