different between implement vs enact

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin impl?mentum (“a filling up”), from Latin imple? (“I fill up”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?m?pl?-m?nt, IPA^(key): /??mpl?m?nt/

Noun

implement (plural implements)

1. A tool or instrument for working with.

   They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.

   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:

     A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:instrument

Translations

Etymology 2

From Scottish English or Scots implement (“fulfill”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?m?pl?-m?nt, IPA^(key): /??mpl?m?nt/

Verb

implement (third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented)

2. to bring about; to put into practice; to carry out

Usage notes

• Nouns serving as grammatical objects that commonly collocate: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.

Derived terms

• implementable
• implementation
• implementer

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

enact (third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted)

1. (transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law
2. (transitive) to act the part of; to play
3. (transitive) to do; to effect

Derived terms

Related terms

• act

Translations

Noun

enact

1. (obsolete) purpose; determination