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Baulk vs Stymie - What's the difference?

baulk | stymie | Synonyms |

Baulk is a synonym of stymie.


As nouns the difference between baulk and stymie

is that baulk is (british) while stymie is an obstacle or obstruction.

As verbs the difference between baulk and stymie

is that baulk is (british) while stymie is to thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

baulk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British)
  • (UK) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

    • Derived terms

    * baulk line * baulk end

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British)

    • Anagrams

    *

    stymie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stimy, stymy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obstacle or obstruction.
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (d)
  • To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
    • They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=Joyce Cohen, title=Beauty in the Eye of the Renter, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I was making such a drama in my head it was stymieing me. }}