accuse

Compared meaning: to formally accuse someone of wrongdoing (verb).

比较义项：正式指控某人做错事（动词）。

• charge

  More formal and often official or legal; typically used by police or authorities, followed by 'with' plus the offense (charge someone with theft).

  更正式，常用于官方或法律语境，多指警方或当局提出指控，后接with加罪名（如charge someone with theft，指控某人犯盗窃罪）。

  The police charged him with robbery after the investigation.

  调查结束后，警方指控他犯抢劫罪。

• accuse 本词

  More general and can be formal or informal, used in everyday situations as well as legal ones; typically followed by 'of' plus the wrongdoing.

  更通用，可用于正式或非正式场合，日常生活和法律语境都适用，后接of加不当行为（如accuse someone of lying，指责某人撒谎）。

  He didn't want to accuse his friend without any real proof.

  他不想在没有确凿证据的情况下指责他的朋友。

Both words mean to formally say someone did wrong. Charge is more formal, often official or legal, followed by 'with' ('charge someone with theft'). Accuse is more general, followed by 'of' ('accuse someone of lying'). Charge also means 'to ask for money', not compared here.

这两个词都表示指控某人做了错事，但charge更正式，常用于警方或官方的正式指控，常与with连用；accuse更通用，日常或非正式场合都可使用，常与of连用。这里不比较charge的“收费”义项。

Compared meaning: to say someone has done wrong (verb).

比较义项：指控某人做错事（动词）。

• accuse 本词

  General verb for saying someone has done something wrong or committed a crime; used in everyday, legal, or interpersonal contexts, with any subject and object.

  泛指指控某人做错事或犯罪的动词；可用于日常、法律或人际场合，主语和宾语没有限制。

  She didn't want to accuse her coworker of lying without solid evidence.

  她不想在没有确凿证据的情况下指控同事撒谎。

• impeach

  Formal and narrow: used almost only for accusing a government official or public figure of serious wrongdoing, often as a legal or constitutional procedure that may lead to removal from office.

  正式且用法狭窄：几乎只用于指控政府官员或公众人物的严重不当行为，常指可能导致其被免职的法律或宪法程序。

  Congress moved to impeach the president over the corruption scandal.

  国会因腐败丑闻着手弹劾总统。

Both words mean to formally say someone did wrong. Accuse is general, used for any person or crime, in everyday or legal contexts. Impeach is narrow and formal, used almost only to accuse a government official of serious wrongdoing, often leading to removal from office.

两词都表示正式指出某人有过错，但 impeach 专用于对公职人员的弹劾程序，范围窄、语气更正式；accuse 适用范围广，可用于任何人和任何罪行或过错，日常也常用。