different between impel vs intrude

English

Etymology

From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impell?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?m?p?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

impel (third-person singular simple present impels, present participle impelling, simple past and past participle impelled)

1. (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

   Antonym: (to compel or drive extrinsically) propel
2. (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

   Synonym: propel

Antonyms

• expel

Related terms

• impellent
• impeller
• impetus
• impulse

Translations

References

• impel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)

1. (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

   to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another

   • I. Watts

     Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.

2. (transitive) To force in.

Derived terms

• intruder
• intrusion

Related terms

Translations

See also

• invade

Anagrams

• turdine, untired, untride, untried

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

intrude

1. third-person singular present indicative of intrudere