Imminent vs Inimical - What's the difference?
imminent | inimical |
about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
As adjectives the difference between imminent and inimical
is that imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long while inimical is harmful in effect.imminent
English
(Imminence)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent'' is also sometimes confused with ''immanent . * Said of danger, threat and death.Synonyms
* inevitable * immediate * impendingDerived terms
* imminence * imminentlyExternal links
* * * ----inimical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
