different between instilment vs imposition

English

Etymology

instil +? -ment

Noun

instilment (countable and uncountable, plural instilments)

1. The act of instilling; instillation.
   • 2019, Bart van Egmond, Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement

     Just as God started the conversion of the human race through fear of punishment and proceeded to teach them the love of justice through the grace of Christ, he starts the conversion of the individual with the instilment of fear, […]

English

Etymology

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m.p??z???n/

Noun

imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
3. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
4. (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
5. (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
6. (Britain) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

Synonyms

• (act of imposing and the like): imposure, infliction, obtrusion
• (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
• (excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

Translations

References

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

French

Pronunciation

Noun

imposition f (plural impositions)

1. imposition (all senses)

Middle English

Noun

imposition

1. Alternative form of imposicioun