Impost vs Inconvenience - What's the difference?
impost | inconvenience |
A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
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The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
(horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.
The quality of being inconvenient.
* Hooker
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
* Tillotson
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to bother; to discomfort
As nouns the difference between impost and inconvenience
is that impost is a tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise while inconvenience is the quality of being inconvenient.As a verb inconvenience is
to bother; to discomfort.impost
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) impost, from (etyl) impositus, past participle of .Noun
(en noun)- New universal direct taxes had to be introduced [...], while the burden of indirect taxes was also made heavier, with new imposts being levied on an ensemble of items ranging from playing cards to wigs.
See also
* imposter, impostor, imposeEtymology 2
From (etyl) imposta, from (etyl) impostainconvenience
English
Noun
- They plead against the inconvenience , not the unlawfulness, of ceremonies in burial.
- Man is liable to a great many inconveniences .
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