Hindrance vs Hiatus - What's the difference?
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Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
The state or act of hindering something
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(linguistics)
# A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
# The condition of having such a break.
As nouns the difference between hindrance and hiatus
is that hindrance is something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else while hiatus is a gap in a series, making it incomplete.hindrance
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Alternative forms
* hinderance (archaic) * hindraunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
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*hiatus
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Noun
(en-noun)- The band took a hiatus for three months.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- Words like'' reality ''and'' naïve ''contain vowels in hiatus .