Difference between Inflict and Impose

INFLICT vs IMPOSE: NOUN

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer
To deal or deliver (a blow, for example).
To force to undergo or experience (something unwanted).
To cause (something injurious or harmful), as to a person, group, or area.

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict.
To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

To lay on or impose as something that must be borne or suffered; cause to be suffered: as, to inflict punishment on offenders; to inflict a penalty on transgressors.

To lay on, or set on; put, place, or deposit: as, to impose, the hands in ordination or confirmation.
To lay as a burden, or something to be borne or endured; levy, inflict, or enforce, as by authority, power, or influence: as, to impose taxes or penalties; to impose one's opinions upon others.
To obtrude fallaciously or deceitfully; palm off; pass off.
To fix upon; impute.
To subject by way of punishment.
In printing, to lay upon an imposing-stone or the bed of a press and secure in a chase, as pages of type or stereotype plates.
To lay or place a burden or restraint; act with constraining effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one's patience or hospitality.
To practise misleading trickery or imposture; act with a delusive effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one with false pretenses.

Trigger, Result, Bring, Commit, Sow, Expose, Cause, Perpetrate, Torment, Provoke, Suffer, Wreak, Bring down, Visit, Impose

Introduce, Uphold, Apply, Exert, Implement, Punish, Foist, Enact, Imposition, Reimpose, Bring down, Visit, Levy, Inflict, Enforce

Trigger, Result, Bring, Commit, Sow, Expose, Cause, Perpetrate, Torment, Provoke, Suffer, Wreak, Bring down, Visit, Impose

Dictate, Sanction, Declare, Establish, Introduce, Uphold, Apply, Implement, Punish, Foist, Enact, Bring down, Visit, Levy, Enforce

Passages that he did not inflict upon was.
God did not inflict darkness to blind us.
Akathla, who inflict Level Drain with every hit.
Inflict Poison Property damage to a Poisoned enemy.
Big Bad Bully Bullies aim to inflict pain.
It can inflict real damage if used correctly.
If it is wrong to inflict pain on a human being, it is just as wrong to inflict pain on an animal.
DDG, some have decent PROT, most inflict STRESS, and some inflict high damage and stuns.
Air strikes can, at once, inflict pain and signal an intention to inflict future pain.
So I almost try to inflict pain, but not literally inflict pain.

No county asked voters to impose the tax.
Court should not impose identical discipline in Massachusetts.
Therefore, the rule does not impose this requirement.
Commercial fungicides are expensive and impose health risks.
Sometimes banks impose a monthly debit card fee.
However, individual investors can impose additional eligibility requirements.
Although some states authorize local government limits or impose limits only in select geographic areas, most impose statewide, uniform assessment limits.
DBMS may impose limitations while another may impose none.
Though hiring goals may burden some innocent individuals, they simply do not impose the same kind of injury that layoffs impose.
Canadian municipalities may impose business license fees but do not impose income taxes.