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Endowed vs Imbued - What's the difference?

endowed | imbued |

As verbs the difference between endowed and imbued

is that endowed is past tense of endow while imbued is past tense of imbue.

As an adjective endowed

is pertaining to an endowment, as with an endowed chair at a university.

endowed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (endow)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an endowment, as with an endowed chair at a university.

    • Derived terms

    * well-endowed

    imbued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imbue)

    • imbue

    English

    Verb

    (imbu)
  • (transitive): To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
    • The shirt was imbued with his scent.
  • In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
    • The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

    Usage notes

    * Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".