Stymie vs Endorse - What's the difference?
stymie | endorse |
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.
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=Joyce Cohen, title=Beauty in the Eye of the Renter, work=New York Times
, passage=I was making such a drama in my head it was stymieing me. }}
To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
To give an endorsement.
(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
English words prefixed with en-
As nouns the difference between stymie and endorse
is that stymie is an obstacle or obstruction while endorse is (heraldiccharge) a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.As verbs the difference between stymie and endorse
is that stymie is to thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck while endorse is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.stymie
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Alternative forms
* stimy, stymyNoun
(en noun)Verb
(d)- They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
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