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Eradicate vs Impede - What's the difference?

eradicate | impede |

As verbs the difference between eradicate and impede

is that eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot while impede is to get in the way of; to hinder.

eradicate

English

Verb

(eradicat)
  • To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  • To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    • Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

    Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot * (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate * See also

    Antonyms

    * radicate

    Related terms

    * eradicable * eradication * eradicative * radical * root

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    impede

    English

    Verb

    (imped)
  • to get in the way of; to hinder

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expedite

    Related terms

    * expede, expedite * impediment