Imperil vs Impair - What's the difference?
imperil | impair |
To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
To risk.
In lang=en terms the difference between imperil and impair
is that imperil is to risk while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.As verbs the difference between imperil and impair
is that imperil is to put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.As an adjective impair is
(obsolete) not fit or appropriate.imperil
English
Verb
(British) (en-verb) (US)- "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering , June 2006