Inspired vs Impressed - What's the difference?
inspired | impressed |
Having excellence through inspiration.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 23
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France
, work=BBC Sport
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
(inspire).
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=1 strongly affected, especially favourably
stamped, under pressure
compelled to serve in a military force
confiscated by force or authority
(impress)
As adjectives the difference between inspired and impressed
is that inspired is having excellence through inspiration while impressed is strongly affected, especially favourably.As verbs the difference between inspired and impressed
is that inspired is (inspire) while impressed is (impress).inspired
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
citation, page= , passage=New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.}}
- The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece .
- He was inspired to learn to fly.
Verb
(head)citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
