Imperil vs Ensnare - What's the difference?
imperil | ensnare |
To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
To risk.
To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
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To entangle; to enmesh.
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As verbs the difference between imperil and ensnare
is that imperil is to put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard while ensnare is to entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.imperil
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(British) (en-verb) (US)- "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering , June 2006
ensnare
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* (l)Verb
- When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
