drag vs impediment

impediment vs drag

drag and impediment both are nouns.

drag is a verb but impediment is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No
impediment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, impediment is a hypernym of drag; that is, impediment is a word with a broader meaning than drag:

drag: something that slows or delays progress
impediment: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Other hypernyms of drag include balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance.

drag (noun)	impediment (noun)
the act of dragging (pulling with force)	any structure that makes progress difficult
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)	something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
something tedious and boring
something that slows or delays progress
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

drag (verb)	impediment (verb)
proceed for an extended period of time
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
suck in or take (air)
pull, as against a resistance
draw slowly or heavily
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
to lag or linger behind
walk without lifting the feet
move slowly and as if with great effort
use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Difference between drag and impediment

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