Implant vs Implement - What's the difference?
implant | implement |
To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
To insert (something) surgically into the body.
Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.
Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly (breast implant)s.
(travel) A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.
A tool or instrument for working with.
* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
to bring about; to put into practice
to carry out; to do
As verbs the difference between implant and implement
is that implant is to fix firmly or set securely or deeply while implement is to bring about; to put into practice.As nouns the difference between implant and implement
is that implant is anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants while implement is a tool or instrument for working with.implant
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (fix firmly or set securely or deeply ): embed/imbed, engraft, engrain, graft, insert, instil/instill, plant, root * (insert (something) surgically into the body''): graft (''from another part of the body )Derived terms
* implantableNoun
(wikipedia implant) (en noun)Derived terms
* (breast implant) (l)implement
English
(wikipedia implement)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
- A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From Scottish English or (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .