Impugn vs. Impute
Difference Between Impugn and Impute
Impugn➦
dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother
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Impute➦
represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute
the crimes imputed to Richard
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Impugn➦
To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument
impugn a political opponent's record.
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Impute➦
assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes
by imputing the interest rates they potentially introduce a measurement error
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Impugn➦
To assault, attack.
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Impute➦
To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for
imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket.
kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
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Impugn➦
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
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Impute➦
To assign as a characteristic; credit
the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.
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Impugn➦
To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose; as, to impugn a person's integrity.
The truth hereof I will not rashly impugn, or overboldly affirm.
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Impute➦
(transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
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Impugn➦
attack as false or wrong
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Impute➦
To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
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Impute➦
(transitive) To take into account.
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Impute➦
(transitive) To attribute or credit to.
People impute great cleverness to cats.
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Impute➦
To replace missing data with substituted values.
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Impute➦
To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; - generally in a bad sense.
Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.
One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him - envy.
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Impute➦
To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
It was imputed to him for righteousness.
They meritImputed shall absolve them who renounceTheir own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
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Impute➦
To take account of; to consider; to regard.
If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.
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Impute➦
attribute or credit to;
We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
People impute great cleverness to cats
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Impute➦
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source;
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness
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