Inhibition vs Impediment - What's the difference?
inhibition | impediment |
the act of inhibiting.
(psychology) a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
(chemistry) the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.
A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book
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(chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
As nouns the difference between inhibition and impediment
is that inhibition is the act of inhibiting while impediment is a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.inhibition
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(wikipedia inhibition)Noun
(en noun)See also
* inhibit ----impediment
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
citation, passage=I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.}}
- Working in a noisy factory left him with a slight hearing impediment .
