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Impede vs Impinge - What's the difference?

impede | impinge |

As verbs the difference between impede and impinge

is that impede is to get in the way of; to hinder while impinge is to make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).

impede

English

Verb

(imped)
  • to get in the way of; to hinder

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * assist, help * expede (obsolete) * expedite

    Related terms

    * expede, expedite * impediment

    impinge

    English

    Verb

    (imping)
  • To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
  • * , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
    • The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
  • (figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
  • *
  • To have an effect upon; to limit.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , chapter=4, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}

    Usage notes

    * The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).

    Derived terms

    * impingement * impingent * impinger

    Related terms

    * impact