Exhort vs Impeach - What's the difference?
exhort | impeach | Related terms |
To urge; to advise earnestly.
* Bible, Acts ii. 40
* J. D. Forbes
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
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To hinder, impede, or prevent.
* Sir J. Davies
* Howell
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.
Exhort is a related term of impeach.
As verbs the difference between exhort and impeach
is that exhort is to urge; to advise earnestly while impeach is to hinder, impede, or prevent.exhort
English
Verb
(en verb)- With many other words did he testify and exhort .
- Let me exhort you to take care of yourself.
- Asked if he had any message for the living he exhorted all who were still at the wrong side of Maya to acknowledge the true path for it was reported in devanic circles that Mars and Jupiter were out for mischief on the eastern angle where the ram has power.
- Perhaps because he was determined to make up for having walked out on them, perhaps because Harry’s descent into listlessness galvanized his dormant leadership qualities, Ron was the one now encouraging and exhorting the other two into action.
Synonyms
* See also * imploreDerived terms
* exhortation * exhortativeimpeach
English
Verb
(es)- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
- A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
