Impede vs Derail - What's the difference?
impede | derail | Related terms |
to get in the way of; to hinder
A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
To cause to come off the tracks.
To come off the tracks.
To deviate from the previous course or direction.
To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
Impede is a related term of derail.
As verbs the difference between impede and derail
is that impede is to get in the way of; to hinder while derail is to cause to come off the tracks.As a noun derail is
a device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.impede
English
Verb
(imped)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expeditederail
English
(wikipedia derail)Noun
(en noun)- The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
Verb
(en verb)- The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
- The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
- The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.
