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Impedimenta vs Belongings - What's the difference?

impedimenta | belongings | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between impedimenta and belongings

is that impedimenta is equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage while belongings is plural of lang=en; possessions or personal items.

impedimenta

English

Noun

(head) (p)
  • Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
  • * 1949 : George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p20
    • Games impedimenta — hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out — lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise-books.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    References

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    belongings

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • ; possessions or personal items.
  • * You may leave your belongings in the cloakroom

    • Usage notes

    * Usually limited to tangible personal property, that is, excluding real estate and financial assets other than currency.

    Synonyms

    * (personal items) personal effects * See also