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Implied vs Imposed - What's the difference?

implied | imposed |

As verbs the difference between implied and imposed

is that implied is (imply) while imposed is (impose).

As an adjective implied

is suggested without being stated directly.

implied

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suggested without being stated directly.

    • Antonyms

    * (suggested without being stated) verbal, express

    Derived terms

    * impliedly

    Related terms

    * implicit

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imply)

    • imposed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impose)
  • *1948: , Address at Mechanics Hall in Boston
  • *:And if the people of other countries don't want communism, we don't want to see it imposed upon them against their will.