Difference between Embed and Imbed

What is the difference between Embed and Imbed?

Embed as a verb is to lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. while Imbed as a verb is to lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

Embed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. To include in surrounding matter. To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system). To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

Imbed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

We hope you now know whether to use Embed or Imbed in your sentence.

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