Impede vs Suppress - What's the difference?
impede | suppress |
to get in the way of; to hinder
to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
to restrain or repress an expression
(psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
to prevent publication
to stop a flow or stream
(US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
(electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal
(obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low
As verbs the difference between impede and suppress
is that impede is to get in the way of; to hinder while suppress is to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.impede
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* See alsoAntonyms
* assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expeditesuppress
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- ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
- ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.