Obstruct vs Derail - What's the difference?
obstruct | derail | Related terms |
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.
A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
To cause to come off the tracks.
To come off the tracks.
To deviate from the previous course or direction.
To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
Obstruct is a related term of derail.
As verbs the difference between obstruct and derail
is that obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block while derail is to cause to come off the tracks.As a noun derail is
a device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.obstruct
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(wikipedia derail)Noun
(en noun)- The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
Verb
(en verb)- The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
- The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
- The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.
