Difference between Hinder and Stymie

HINDER vs STYMIE: NOUN

In hand-ball, a ball struck by a player which afterward strikes his opponent; or one with which the server hits his opponent while standing in the ace-line; or one which strikes the opponent, who thus hinders it from reaching the front wall.
The buttocks.

A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
A thwarting and distressing situation
An obstacle or obstruction.
A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
In golf-playing, a position in which a player has to putt for the hole with his opponent's ball directly in the line of his approach.
See stimy.
A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green.

Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from

Synonyms To delay, oppose, prevent, obstruct, embarrass.
To be an obstacle or impediment; stand in the way.
To go backward.
Pertaining to the rear; being or coming after; latter: same as hind, which is a modern form, now more common.
To hold or keep back; prevent from moving or proceeding; stop; interrupt; obstruct; check; impede; retard: as, to hinder one from entering; their march was hindered by fallen trees. It denotes either partial or complete obstruction, according to the context.

To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.

Jeopardize, Inhibit, Stymy, Posterior, Hind, Back, Blockade, Handicap, Block, Disadvantage, Embarrass, Obstruct, Stymie, Hamper, Impede

Counteract, Inhibit, Hobble, Impede, Scuttle, Hamper, Frustrate, Derail, Thwart, Stymy, Blockade, Block, Embarrass, Obstruct, Hinder

Impeding, Jeopardize, Inhibit, Posterior, Hind, Back, Blockade, Handicap, Block, Disadvantage, Embarrass, Obstruct, Stymie, Hamper, Impede

Nullify, Counteract, Inhibit, Hobble, Impede, Scuttle, Hamper, Frustrate, Derail, Thwart, Blockade, Block, Embarrass, Obstruct, Hinder

Preferably not where sunlight will hinder your viewing.
However, less desirable factors can also hinder policy.
Lisa Buckner never let their struggles hinder them.
Unfortunately, the wide range of tools can hinder.
Spectres for Freeze proliferation, Hinder, and spawning Phantasms.
Parents can either assist or hinder that growth.
It cannot hinder your view of the road.
Polling places should support voters, not hinder them.
That he foresaw man, being tempted by Satan, would fall into sin, if God did not hinder it; he decreed not to hinder.
Hard collars also hinder nursing care, can raise intravenous and intracranial pressure and hinder access to the airways.

Stymie, a website that allows students to anonymously report harm.
Premature correctness, often motivated by efficiency, can stymie that production.
LAS VEGAS: Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone.
Eastern Bloc countries and, in turn, stymie communist expansion.
Thus, civil RICO lawsuits, if anything, stymie deliberative democracy.
Not knowing the governmental sources could stymie them.
And your job is to not stymie it.
Guest Eric Schmitt on attempting to stymie St.
State Bans On Hydraulic Fracturing Stymie American Prosperit.
He feared internal resistance might stymie the transition.