Hinder vs Apprehend - What's the difference?
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To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
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* 1599 , act ii, scene 2 (act i; First Folio ed.):
To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
* 1591 , act ii, scene 7 (First Folio ed.):
* John Locke
(obsolete) To cause harm.
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
* 1990 - C. W. H. Havard (ed.), Black's Medical Dictionary , 36th edition, p 673
(hind)
(slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
* 1997 , Richard Laliberte and Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning [http://books.google.com/books?id=2MOrDKokat8C], ISBN 0875963234, page 195:
(archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
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To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
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To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
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To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
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(material dates from 1913)
Hinder is a related term of apprehend.
In lang=en terms the difference between hinder and apprehend
is that hinder is to keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent while apprehend is to be apprehensive; to fear.As verbs the difference between hinder and apprehend
is that hinder is to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle while apprehend is (archaic) to take or seize; to take hold of.As an adjective hinder
is of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.As a noun hinder
is (slang|euphemistic) the buttocks.hinder
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Alternative forms
* hindre (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) hindrian, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- A drought hinders the growth of plants.
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- Since God ?o graciou?ly hath brought to light
This dangerous Trea?on, lurking in our way,
To hinder our beginnings.
- Then let me goe, and hinder not my cour?e
- What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?
Quotations
* (English Citations of "hinder")Synonyms
* (to delay or impede movement) bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop * (to make a task difficult) delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart * See alsoAntonyms
* (to delay or impede movement) aid, assist, help * (to make a task difficult) assist, expedite, facilitate, helpDerived terms
* hinderment * hinderer * hindrance * unhinderedEtymology 2
(hind)Adjective
(-)- the hinder end of a wagon
- the hinder parts of a horse
- On a line dividing the front two-thirds from the hinder one-third, and set in the shape of a V, is a row of seven to twelve large flat-topped circumvallate papillae, ...
Usage notes
Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.Quotations
* (English Citations of "hinder")Synonyms
* (of or belonging to that part in the rear) back, hind, rear, posteriorAntonyms
* (of or belonging to that part in the rear) fore, frontNoun
(en noun)- Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder .
Quotations
* (English Citations of "hinder")apprehend
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Verb
(en verb)- We have two hands to apprehend it.
- to apprehend a criminal .
- This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
- The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
- The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
- It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Usage notes
To apprehend, comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehend many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. We may apprehend much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters. --Trench.(material dates from 1913)
