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Obstacle vs Inconvenience - What's the difference?

obstacle | inconvenience |

As nouns the difference between obstacle and inconvenience

is that obstacle is something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress while inconvenience is the quality of being inconvenient.

As a verb inconvenience is

to bother; to discomfort.

obstacle

English

(Obstacle course)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
    • A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

    Synonyms

    * impediment * hindrance * hurdle * See also

    inconvenience

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being inconvenient.
  • * Hooker
    • They plead against the inconvenience , not the unlawfulness, of ceremonies in burial.
  • Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
  • * Tillotson
    • Man is liable to a great many inconveniences .
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    Synonyms

    * (something inconvenient) annoyance, nuisance

    Verb

    (inconvenienc)
  • to bother; to discomfort

    • Synonyms

    * (obsolete) discommodate

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