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Imperil vs Peril - What's the difference?

imperil | peril |

In transitive terms the difference between imperil and peril

is that imperil is to risk while peril is to cause to be in danger; to imperil.

As a noun peril is

a situation of serious and immediate danger.

imperil

English

Verb

(British) (en-verb) (US)
  • To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
    • "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
  • To risk.

    • Related terms

    * imperilment

    peril

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
    • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

    • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
  • *:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

    • Anagrams

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