Impinge vs. Invade — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Impinge and Invade
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Impinge
Have an effect, especially a negative one
Several factors impinge on market efficiency
Invade
(of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it
During the Second World War the island was invaded by the Axis powers
Impinge
To encroach on or limit something, such as a right
“powerful institutions of government that inhibited free enterprise and impinged on commercial—and by extension private—liberties” (Greg Critser).
Invade
To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage
The Romans invaded Britain.
Impinge
Usage Problem To have an effect or influence
“Any consequence of a change in alleles ... is fair game for natural selection, so long as it impinges on the survival of the responsible allele, relative to its rivals” (Richard Dawkins).
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Invade
To enter as if by invading; overrun or crowd
Each weekend, skiers invade the mountain town.
Impinge
To collide or strike against something
Sound waves impinge on the eardrum.
Invade
To enter and proliferate in bodily tissue, as a pathogen
Bacteria have invaded the lungs.
Impinge
To advance over or press upon something
Pain caused by a bone impinging upon a nerve.
Invade
To encroach or intrude on; violate
Invade someone's privacy.
Impinge
To encroach upon; limit
“One of a democratic government's continuing challenges is finding a way to protect ... secrets without impinging the liberties that democracy exists to protect” (Christian Science Monitor).
Invade
To make an invasion
The cancer had invaded deeply into his liver.
Impinge
To make a physical impact on.
Loud noise can impinge on the eardrum, causing temporary hearing damage.
Invade
(transitive) To move into.
Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
Impinge
To interfere with.
Invade
(transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
Impinge
To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.
Invade
(transitive) To infest or overrun.
The picnic was invaded by ants.
Impinge
To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; - with on or upon.
The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.
But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice.
Invade
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
The king invaded the rights of the people.
Impinge
Impinge or infringe upon;
This impinges on my rights as an individual
This matter entrenches on other domains
Invade
To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
Impinge
Advance beyond the usual limit
Invade
To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; - used of forcible or rude ingress.
Which becomes a body, and doth then invadeThe state of life, out of the grisly shade.
Invade
To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.
Such an enemyIs risen to invade us.
Invade
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
Invade
To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
Invade
To make an invasion.
Invade
March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation;
Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
Invade
To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate;
This new colleague invades my territory
The neighbors intrude on your privacy
Invade
Occupy in large numbers or live on a host;
The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
Invade
Penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way;
The cancer had invaded her lungs
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