different between obstruction vs moat

English

Etymology

From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?st??k.??n/

Noun

obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)

1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
2. Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally

   Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance

3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Synonyms

• block
• hindrance
• impedance
• roadblock
• stop
• See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Derived terms

• deobstruction

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin obstr?cti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.st?yk.sj??/

Noun

obstruction f (plural obstructions)

1. block (something that prevents passing)
2. obstruction

Further reading

• “obstruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

obstruction (plural obstructiones)

1. obstruction

English

Etymology

From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compare also Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”). Cognate with Alemannic German Mott, Mutte (“peat, turf”), Bavarian Mott (“peat, turf”), dialectal Dutch mot (“dust, fine sand”), Saterland Frisian mut (“grit, litter, humus”), Swedish muta (“to drizzle”), Old English mot (“speck, particle”). More at mote, mud, smut.

As term for a business strategy popularized by American investor Warren Buffett.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• Homophone: mote

Noun

moat (plural moats)

1. A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

   Synonym: fosse

2. (business, figuratively) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.
3. A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
4. (obsolete) A hill or mound.

Translations

See also

• cunette

Verb

moat (third-person singular simple present moats, present participle moating, simple past and past participle moated)

1. (transitive) To surround with a moat.

Anagrams

• Amto, Mato, Mota, TMAO, atmo, atom, mota, toma

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?t/, [?mo??t?]
• IPA^(key): /?mo??t/, [?mo???t?]
• Rhymes: -o?t
• Syllabification: mo?at

Noun

moat

1. Nominative plural form of moa.

Anagrams

• mato, omat