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Invade vs Impair - What's the difference?

invade | impair |

In lang=en terms the difference between invade and impair

is that invade is to infest or overrun while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

As verbs the difference between invade and impair

is that invade is to move into while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

As an adjective impair is

(obsolete) not fit or appropriate.

invade

English

Verb

(invad)
  • To move into.
    • Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  • * Spenser
    • Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
  • To enter by force in order to conquer.
    • Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird. }}
  • To infest or overrun.
    • The picnic was invaded by ants.
  • To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    • The king invaded the rights of the people.

    Related terms

    * invader * invasion * invasive

    impair

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (qualifier)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
  • (archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
    • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate.

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