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Impost vs Inconvenience - What's the difference?

impost | inconvenience |

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)
  • A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 56:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • See also

    * imposter, impostor, impose

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) imposta, from (etyl) imposta

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top part of a column or pillar that supports an arch.
  • inconvenience

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being inconvenient.
  • * Hooker
  • They plead against the inconvenience , not the unlawfulness, of ceremonies in burial.
  • Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
  • * Tillotson
  • Man is liable to a great many inconveniences .
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    Synonyms

    * (something inconvenient) annoyance, nuisance

    Verb

    (inconvenienc)
  • to bother; to discomfort
  • Synonyms

    * (obsolete) discommodate