Obstacle vs Interference - What's the difference?
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Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
(physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
(US, legal) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
As nouns the difference between obstacle and interference
is that obstacle is something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress while interference is the act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.obstacle
English
(Obstacle course)Noun
(en noun)- A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.
Synonyms
* impediment * hindrance * hurdle * See alsointerference
English
(wikipedia interference)Noun
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference .
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.