different between stymie vs frustrate

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 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)

1. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

2. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

Translations

Adjective

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. ineffectual; useless; fruitless.

Quotations

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

Translations

Italian

Adjective

frustrate

1. feminine plural of frustrato

Noun

frustrate f

1. plural of frustrata

Verb

frustrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
2. second-person plural imperative of frustrare
3. feminine plural of frustrato

Anagrams

• sfruttare, sfrutterà

Latin

Verb

fr?str?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fr?str?