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Instruct vs Impeach - What's the difference?

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Instruct is a related term of impeach.


As verbs the difference between instruct and impeach

is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while impeach is to hinder, impede, or prevent.

As a noun instruct

is (label) instruction.

As an adjective instruct

is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.

instruct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) to teach by giving instructions
  • (label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
  • Synonyms

    * guide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) instruction
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) arranged; furnished; provided
  • * Chapman
  • (label) instructed; taught; enlightened
  • (Milton)

    impeach

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hinder, impede, or prevent.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
  • * Howell
  • A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
  • To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
  • * President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
  • To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  • (legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
  • Derived terms

    * impeachment