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Impart vs Impair - What's the difference?

impart | impair |

As verbs the difference between impart and impair

is that impart is to give a (l) or (l) while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

As an adjective impair is

(obsolete) not fit or appropriate.

impart

English

Verb

(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.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • To hold a (l) or (l).
  • To obtain a share of; to partake of.
    • (Munday)

    Synonyms

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

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l)

    impair

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (qualifier)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
  • (archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
    • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate.

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