different between stymie vs derail

English

Alternative forms

• stimy, stymy

Etymology

Originally from golf, perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sta?mi/
• Rhymes: -a?mi

Noun

stymie (plural stymies)

1. (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
2. (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.

Verb

stymie (third-person singular simple present stymies, present participle stymieing or stymying, simple past and past participle stymied)

1. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

   Synonyms: block, thwart
2. (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Translations

Further reading

• stymie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

English

Etymology

From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???e?l/, /?di???e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

derail (plural derails)

1. A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.

   The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.

2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

Verb

derail (third-person singular simple present derails, present participle derailing, simple past and past participle derailed)

1. (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.

2. (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To deviate from the previous course or direction.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:derail.

Synonyms

• unrail

Derived terms

• derailment

Translations

Anagrams

• Adriel, Dariel, Lérida, dialer, earlid, laired, railed, re-laid, redial, relaid