Impend vs Impede - What's the difference?
impend | impede |
to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat.
(obsolete) To pay.
to get in the way of; to hinder
As verbs the difference between impend and impede
is that impend is to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat while impede is to get in the way of; to hinder.impend
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(en verb)- (Fabyan)