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Impede vs Impediment - What's the difference?

impede | impediment |

As a verb impede

is to get in the way of; to hinder.

As a noun impediment is

a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.

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

    impediment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=2 citation , passage=I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.}}
    Working in a noisy factory left him with a slight hearing impediment .
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta

    • Synonyms

    * hindrance * obstruction * obstacle * See also

    Related terms

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