interference vs obstruction

interference and obstruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
interference	Yes	No	No	No
obstruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, obstruction is a hyponym of interference; that is, obstruction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than interference:

interference: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
obstruction: the act of obstructing

Other hyponyms of interference include foiling, frustration, thwarting, antagonism, complication, deterrence, bar, prevention.

As nouns, obstruction is a hypernym of interference; that is, obstruction is a word with a broader meaning than interference:

interference: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
obstruction: any structure that makes progress difficult

Other hypernyms of interference include impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor.

interference (noun)	obstruction (noun)
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding	getting in someone's way
(American football) blocking a player's path with your body	the act of obstructing
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome	any structure that makes progress difficult
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries	something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication	the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

interference vs obstruction

interference and obstruction both are nouns.

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