different between impale vs spearfishing

English

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin imp?l?re, from Latin palus.

impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)

(transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
(transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
(transitive, intransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
(transitive, intransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.

(pierce something with any long, pointed object): fix, stake, stick, run through, transfix
(enclose or fence with stakes): pale, palisade, picket

spear +? fishing

spearfishing (uncountable)

A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.

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