Influence, authority, prestige, weight, credit are comparable when they mean power exerted over the minds or acts of others either without apparent effort or as the result of the qualities, the position, or the reputation of the person or thing that exerts this power.
Inflexible vs Inexorable vs Obdurate vs Adamant vs Adamantine
Inflexible, inexorable, obdurate, adamant, adamantine mean not to be moved from or changed in a predetermined course or purpose.
Inflection vs Intonation vs Accent
Inflection, intonation, accent are comparable when they designate a particular manner of employing the tones of the voice in speech.
Inflated vs Flatulent vs Tumid vs Turgid
Inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid mean filled with something insubstantial (as air or vapor).
Infinite vs Eternal vs Sempiternal vs Boundless vs Illimitable vs Uncircumscribed
Infinite, eternal, sempiternal, boundless, illimitable, uncircumscribed mean having neither beginning nor end or being without known limits.
Infest vs Overrun vs Beset
Infest, overrun, beset are comparable when they refer to disagreeable or noxious things and mean to make trouble because of their presence in swarms.
Infernal vs Chthonian vs Hellish vs Hadean vs Tartarean vs Stygian
Infernal, chthonian, hellish, Hadean, Tartarean, stygian mean of or characteristic of the abode of the dead.
Inferior vs Underling vs Subordinate
Inferior, underling, subordinate mean one, usually a person, who is lower than another.
Inference vs Ratiocination
Inference, ratiocination denote the process of arriving at conclusions from data or premises.
Infer vs Deduce vs Conclude vs Judge vs Gather
Infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather are comparable when they mean to arrive at by reasoning from evidence or from premises.
Infectious vs Infective
Infectious, infective as applied to agents related to the causing of disease may be interchangeable and then mean capable of infecting or tending to infect.
Infectious vs Contagious vs Communicable vs Catching
Infectious, contagious, communicable, catching in their basic use as applied to diseases are distinguishable though closely similar in meaning.