Stalemate vs Impasse - What's the difference?
stalemate | impasse |
(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
(chess) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
(figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
* 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
a road with no exit; a cul-de-sac
a deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter XIV
, passage=“It seems to me the thing's an impasse . French expression,” I explained, “meaning that we're stymied good and proper with no hope of finding a formula.”}}
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As nouns the difference between stalemate and impasse
is that stalemate is the state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw while impasse is a road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.As a verb stalemate
is to bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.stalemate
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(stalemat)- The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.
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*impasse
English
Noun
(wikipedia impasse) (en noun)- "Young man, this town is at a bit of an impasse . If you have any suggestion that might help, now would be the time to voice it."