Impede vs Resist - What's the difference?
impede | resist |
to get in the way of; to hinder
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
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As verbs the difference between impede and resist
is that impede is to get in the way of; to hinder while resist is to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.As a noun resist is
a protective coating or covering oxford english dictionary , 2nd ed, 1989.impede
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* assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expediteresist
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(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- These cates resist me,