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Evict vs Impeach - What's the difference?

evict | impeach |

As verbs the difference between evict and impeach

is that evict is to expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out while impeach is to hinder, impede, or prevent.

evict

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
  • Anagrams

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    impeach

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hinder, impede, or prevent.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
  • * Howell
  • A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
  • To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
  • * President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
  • To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  • (legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
  • Derived terms

    * impeachment