different between stultify vs impede

English

Etymology

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?lt?fa?/, /?st?lt?fa?/

Verb

stultify (third-person singular simple present stultifies, present participle stultifying, simple past and past participle stultified)

1. (transitive) To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.
2. (transitive) To cause to appear foolish.
3. (transitive) To deprive of strength or efficacy; make useless or worthless.

Synonyms

• (cause to appear foolish): humiliate

Translations

Anagrams

• sluttify

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impedi? (“to shackle”), from p?s (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pi?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

impede (third-person singular simple present impedes, present participle impeding, simple past and past participle impeded)

1. (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Antonyms

• assist, help
• expede (obsolete)
• expedite

Related terms

• expede, expedite
• impediment

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “impede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• impeed

Portuguese

Verb

impede

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of impedir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of impedir