Difference between Discourage and Impede

DISCOURAGE vs IMPEDE: NOUN

To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something.
To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage

To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.
To lessen or repress courage for; obstruct by opposition or difficulty; dissuade or hinder from: as, to discourage emigration; ill success discourages effort; low prices discourage industry.
To lose courage.
Try to prevent
Deprive of courage or hope
Take away hope from
Cause to feel discouraged
Show opposition to

Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter

Jeopardize, Hindered, Undermine, Stifle, Hinders, Disrupt, Impair, Inhibit, Hamper, Close up, Jam, Block, Occlude, Obstruct, Hinder

Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter

Stymie, Jeopardize, Hindered, Undermine, Stifle, Disrupt, Impair, Inhibit, Hamper, Close up, Jam, Block, Occlude, Obstruct, Hinder

Discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees.
Do you want to discourage customers from defecting?
Formula contains a bitterant to discourage inhalant abuse.
High costs might discourage entry into the market.
We discourage growth, investment, and quality of life.
IJARP strongly condemn and discourage practice of plagiarism.
Vehicle sanctions thus certainly discourage repeated DWS offending.
Martinus did not completely discourage people from meditating.
Will value pricing discourage ridesharing and transit use?
The lack of standardization can discourage business from good behavior and it can also discourage consumers, investors, and governments from rewarding good behavior.

European industry or impede innovation in that sector.
This may also impede a more holistic learning.
UK Government wish to impede it throughout Europe?
Inevitably, different corporate cultures impede postacquisition integration efforts.
You may not unreasonably impede the showing process.
Colored papers may impede on the digitizing process.
Delay the PPS serves to impede malevolent attacks.
Thick walled diffusion membranes seriously impede the capacity.
These related problems may thus impede such collaboration.
Impede communication Impede communication means getting in the way of meaning.