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Hampering vs Delaying - What's the difference?

hampering | delaying |

As verbs the difference between hampering and delaying

is that hampering is while delaying is .

As nouns the difference between hampering and delaying

is that hampering is that which hampers; an impediment while delaying is a delay.

hampering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which hampers; an impediment.
  • * (Ernest Hemingway)
    • I still love you, in spite of the hamperings of your married state and I think Francis is a grand guy and that you married damned well

    delaying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A delay.
  • * 1909 , (Reginald Farrer), In a Yorkshire Garden
    • However, there was no profit in cowardly delayings ; booted and breeched, we sallied forth into a cold, ungenial morning such as you get in Switzerland