Hearten vs Impel - What's the difference?
hearten | impel | Related terms |
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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, chapter=2 To drive forward; to propel an object.
Hearten is a related term of impel.
As verbs the difference between hearten and impel
is that hearten is to give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to while 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).impel
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(impell)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
