Obstruct vs Stagnate - What's the difference?
obstruct | stagnate |
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 cease motion, activity, or progress:
# To cease to flow or run.
# To be or become foul from standing.
# To cease to develop, advance or change; to become idle.
#* (rfdate), Walter Scott:
#* 2003 , Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom (ISBN 1591606691), page 434:
As verbs the difference between obstruct and stagnate
is that obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block while stagnate is to cease motion, activity, or progress.obstruct
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* See alsostagnate
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(en-verb)- If the water stagnates , algae will grow.
- Air stagnates in a closed room.
- Ready-witted tenderness never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
- Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating , thus promoting mental growth into old age.