Obstruct vs Deter - What's the difference?
obstruct | deter |
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.
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
As verbs the difference between obstruct and deter
is that obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block while deter is to prevent something from happening.obstruct
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* See alsodeter
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(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise