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Imperilled vs Perilous - What's the difference?

imperilled | perilous |

As a verb imperilled

is (imperil);.

As an adjective perilous is

dangerous, full of peril.

imperilled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (imperil);

  • 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.
  • perilous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dangerous, full of peril.