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Impede vs Rebuke - What's the difference?

impede | rebuke | Related terms |

Impede is a related term of rebuke.


As verbs the difference between impede and rebuke

is that impede is to get in the way of; to hinder while rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove.

As a noun rebuke is

a harsh criticism.

impede

English

Verb

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

    • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expedite

    Related terms

    * expede, expedite * impediment

    rebuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh criticism.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
    • There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

    Verb

    (rebuk)
  • To criticise harshly; to reprove.

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    * See also