different between frustrate vs obstruct
frustrate
English
Etymology
From Latin fr?str?tus, perfect passive participle of fr?str? (“I deceive”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???st?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??st?e?t/
Verb
frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)
- (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.
Translations
Adjective
frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)
- ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.
Translations
Italian
Adjective
frustrate
- feminine plural of frustrato
Noun
frustrate f
- plural of frustrata
Verb
frustrate
- second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
- second-person plural imperative of frustrare
- feminine plural of frustrato
Anagrams
- sfruttare, sfrutterà
Latin
Verb
fr?str?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of fr?str?
frustrate From the web:
- what frustrates you
- what frustrated means
- what frustrates siddhartha
- what frustrates you the most in a classroom
- what frustrates you most at work
- what frustrates you examples
- what frustrates death about his appearance
- what frustrates your child
obstruct
English
Etymology
From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?st??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
- To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
- To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hinder
Derived terms
- deobstruct
- obstructed
- obstructedly
- unobstructed
- unobstructedly
Related terms
Translations
obstruct From the web:
- what obstructs marine flow
- what obstruction means
- what obstructive sleep apnea
- what obstructs wifi signals
- what obstruction of justice
- what obstructive jaundice
- what restrictions
- what restrictions apply to provisional licenses
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