What's the difference between imbroglio and predicament?

Imbroglio


Definition:

  • (n.) An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
  • (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anyway, the whole imbroglio stems from one article by journalist Lisa Pryor.
  • (2) And yet, the board took no real action to investigate the allegations until 7 July 2011, when Murdoch selected two of his co-directors to deal with the imbroglio," the shareholders said in a legal filing in Delaware, where News Corp is registered .
  • (3) The fact that she was allowed to run at all, given her email imbroglio, was “a disgrace”.
  • (4) The government bounces from crisis to imbroglio and back again – but at Michael Gove's Department for Education, the revolution rolls on.
  • (5) Freed of the need to be reelected, our leaders (when they are not preoccupied with scandals like Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra imbroglio, and Bill Clinton's impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky affair) become suddenly obsessed with insuring "their legacy".
  • (6) The fire burst out while Mark Reckless, a Tory, was asking whether he had discussed the imbroglio with the home secretary.
  • (7) A headline that accuses supreme court judges of being elitist and contemptuous counts as positively mild, of course, when compared with the most controversial of the Mail’s headlines during the whole imbroglio.
  • (8) One of the problems Canongate faces in this extraordinary literary imbroglio is that the book it has put out will be criticised for its inadequacy and, in some cases, the manuscript's errors.
  • (9) "This latest imbroglio is reducing the current Tory Party Chairman to a farcical figure.
  • (10) James Comey: Hillary Clinton email inquiry is FBI chief's latest controversy Read more Comey’s political imbroglio coincides with his attempt to persuade Congress that sophisticated commercial encryption poses a security threat.
  • (11) The prime minister has done everything he possibly can to make sure federal Labor washes up on the right side of this ugly imbroglio, which is rearing its head, inconveniently, just before a federal election.
  • (12) And yes, the Falkirk imbroglio – which may yet spread to other places – does highlight a mess of problems traceable to the state of the so-called union link: the emergence of huge "super-unions", the arcane rules governing their role in the party, and more.
  • (13) Photograph: Rex Rome, 1492, and it's imbroglio a-go-go when Pope Bastard I pops his ecclesiastical cork and lets the fun times flow.
  • (14) At the height of the Whitewater imbroglio, she claimed some of the billing records of her Rose Law Firm had gone missing.
  • (15) Tough as she can seem, she doesn’t have rhino hide, and during her husband’s first term in the White House, according to Her Way , a critical (and excellent) investigative biography of Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, she became very depressed during the Whitewater imbroglio.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Head to head: Putin and Trump hold meeting on sidelines of G20 Summit This is where the Russia imbroglio has left Trump.

Predicament


Definition:

  • (n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.
  • (n.) See Category.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I can’t stay here anymore.” When his mother calls, he says, he refuses to talk to her, blaming her in part for his predicament.
  • (2) I had told Chris that I would need an electric hook-up and told him about my predicament.
  • (3) As one example, certain aspects of Gawain's situation seem oddly redolent of a more contemporary predicament, namely our complex and delicate relationship with the natural world.
  • (4) How are medical roles adapted to the situation of medical pluralism and the predicaments that flow from such a situation.
  • (5) High tension and high stakes coursed through this meeting of top four chasers versus relegation facers and it was to QPR’s credit that they attacked their predicament – and Arsenal – head on.
  • (6) Clinical research and opinion in this area have elicited both clinical euphoria and polarization vis-a-vis newer possibilities for resolving the predicaments of partial or complete edentulism.
  • (7) who was thinking about voting yes, and went on to reduce her political predicament to her meagre wage packet.
  • (8) Craving boldness is too often a euphemism for wishing Labour's predicament were something other than what it is; that there was a way to promise immediate improvement in everyone's lives without giving them money.
  • (9) When there was no accordance, we noticed a correlation between pressure gradient and surgical success in 3 cases and predicaments based on PRA and success in 2 cases.
  • (10) But the predicament is partly engendered by prosperity, too.
  • (11) The Canadian researchers were more sympathetic to the IGDA’s predicament than Kazemi or the workers spoken to for this feature.
  • (12) The former chairman blamed "mismanagement" for the retailer's dire predicament, and is interested in acquiring some of its stores to add to his DW Sports Fitness chain.
  • (13) Jack is played with dreamy intensity and later (as the realities of criminal life begin to kick in) with steely resolve by LaBeouf, who must be able to sympathise with Jack's predicament.
  • (14) If you pull one side, your feet are in the cold.” Quite how long Hazard – who did manage seven minutes off the bench – is shivering out in the wilderness remains to be seen but Chelsea’s predicament requires a creative talent who signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract in February to emulate Willian and Pedro, allying discipline to those mind-boggling flashes of skill.
  • (15) Caroline Lucas MEP is leader of the British Green party President Mohamed Nasheed Despite our predicament, I'm optimistic The Maldives doesn't look like the front line in a battle.
  • (16) If [policing is] the only type of process that they want to put in place to address these issues, then we will have a major concern with it, because that will not … address the issues and we will be in the same predicament a month from now or a year from now,” Dandan said.
  • (17) But, despite the sympathy felt by many in Europe for Scotland’s predicament, Sturgeon’s hopes of ensuring the country remains in the bloc look likely to be crushed.
  • (18) We have to try and find a way to help the audience sympathise with his predicament."
  • (19) So the first problem was that the Greek cuts led to a worsening of the Greek predicament: the economy kept contracting, and unemployment hit a record high of 16.2%.
  • (20) Until we are mathematically gone, I will believe.” Tottenham’s Son Heung-min grabs late winner after Watford red card Read more He also said he will do his utmost to entice reinforcements during the January transfer window, but admits that the club’s predicament complicates recruitment.