Obstacle vs Malfunction - What's the difference?
obstacle | malfunction |
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
to function improperly
to fail to function
As nouns the difference between obstacle and malfunction
is that obstacle is something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress while malfunction is faulty functioning.As a verb malfunction is
to function improperly.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 alsomalfunction
English
Verb
(en verb)- She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned .