Stymied vs Stumped - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between stymied and stumped

is that stymied is (stymie) while stumped is (stump).

perplexed, at a loss.

(head)

(stymie)

* stimy, stymy

(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.

(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.

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(en adjective)

Perplexed, at a loss.

I'm stumped by this question.

(cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) To be out by being stumped by the wicket keeper.

* (baffled ): at a loss, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confused, flummoxed, lost, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled

(head)

(stump)