Obstruct vs Congestion - What's the difference?
obstruct | congestion |
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
An excess of traffic.
(medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.