obstruction vs stall

stall vs obstruction

obstruction and stall both are nouns.

obstruction is not a verb while stall is a verb.

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

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

obstruction: the act of obstructing
stall: a tactic used to mislead or delay

Other hyponyms of obstruction include blockage, closure, occlusion, stalling, obstruction of justice.

obstruction (noun)	stall (noun)
getting in someone's way	a tactic used to mislead or delay
the act of obstructing	small area set off by walls for special use
any structure that makes progress difficult	a booth where articles are displayed for sale
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted	small individual study area in a library
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction	a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
	seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
	a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

obstruction (verb)	stall (verb)
	deliberately delay an event or action
	come to a stop
	cause an engine to stop
	cause an airplane to go into a stall
	experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
	put into, or keep in, a stall
	postpone doing what one should be doing

Difference between obstruction and stall

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