Difference between Stymie and Obstruct

STYMIE vs OBSTRUCT: NOUN

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.
A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
An obstacle or obstruction.
A thwarting and distressing situation
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.
A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

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

Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
Block passage through
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: : hinder.
To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen). : block.
To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing
To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard

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.
To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Synonyms To bar, barricade, blockade, arrest, clog, choke, dam up, embarrass, See obstacle.
To retard; interrupt; delay: as, progress is often obstructed by difficulties, though not entirely stopped.
To hinder from passing; stop; impede in any way; check.
To block up; stop up or close, as a way or passage; fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent passing.

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

Derail, Obstruction, Disrupt, Interfere, Impeding, Close up, Stymy, Jam, Blockade, Block, Occlude, Embarrass, Stymie, Hinder, Impede

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

Thwart, Undermine, Disturb, Derail, Disrupt, Impeding, Close up, Jam, Blockade, Block, Occlude, Embarrass, Stymie, Hinder, Impede

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.

Located so not to obstruct vehicle sight lines.
Remain calm and do not obstruct emergency personnel.
It did not have to obstruct its investigation.
Vegetation cannot obstruct views to signs and billboards.
What can obstruct galaxies spinning in one direction in a certain field will necessarily also obstruct galaxies spinning in the opposite way.
Halsbury defines contempt as consisting of words spoken or written which obstruct or tend to obstruct the administration of justice.
In essence, the Bureau became an active participant in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruct Congress.
The project will obstruct or partially obstruct publicly accessible views of the scenic resource.
The event shall not obstruct safe vehicular and pedestrian circulation, nor obstruct access by emergency service providers.
This definition includes threats to obstruct, as well as attempts to obstruct, in addition to actually taking actions to obstruct.