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Imposed vs Obligated - What's the difference?

imposed | obligated |

As verbs the difference between imposed and obligated

is that imposed is past tense of impose while obligated is past tense of obligate.

As an adjective obligated is

committed.

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.

    • obligated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obligate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America, Scottish) committed
  • (North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged

    • Usage notes

    Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Synonyms

    * (having an obligation) obliged

    Derived terms

    * obligatedly

    See also

    * (adjective)

    References