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Impalement vs Impalation - What's the difference?

impalement | impalation |

As nouns the difference between impalement and impalation

is that impalement is the act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake while impalation is impalement.

impalement

English

(wikipedia impalement)

Alternative forms

* empalement (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
  • The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.

    • impalation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • impalement
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Dennis Lim, title=Death Lives a Fourth Time to Ply His Trade, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In the first film, a woman fixing herself a stiff vodka is felled by a kitchen explosion and a knife in the chest; in the second, an attempt to microwave leftovers, foiled by a stray refrigerator magnet, leads to impalation by fire-escape ladder. }}