Imbue vs Impart - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between imbue and impart

is that imbue is : To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality while impart is to give a part or share.

(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.

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

(en verb)

To give a (l) or (l).

To (l) the (l) of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Well may he then to you his cares impart .

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.

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To hold a (l) or (l).

To obtain a share of; to partake of.

(Munday)

* (to give a part or share) (l), (l), (l) * (to communicate knowledge of) (l), (l)

* (l) * (l)