Impinge vs Supervene - What's the difference?
impinge | supervene |
To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
* , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
(figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
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To have an effect upon; to limit.
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, chapter=4, title= to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast
to supersede
to be dependent on an earlier event
(philosophy) to be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
As verbs the difference between impinge and supervene
is that impinge is to push (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so that it moves away), thrust, shove while supervene is to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.impinge
English
Verb
(imping)- The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
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. …”}}
