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Occlude vs Stymie - What's the difference?

occlude | stymie |

As verbs the difference between occlude and stymie

is that occlude is to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block an opening while stymie is to thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

As a noun stymie is

an obstacle or obstruction.

occlude

English

Verb

(occlud)
  • To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block an opening.

    • Derived terms

    * occluded front * occlusion * occlusive * occluder ----

    stymie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stimy, stymy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obstacle or obstruction.
  • (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green.

    • Verb

    (d)
  • To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
    • They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=Joyce Cohen, title=Beauty in the Eye of the Renter, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I was making such a drama in my head it was stymieing me. }}