prevention vs hindrance

prevention and hindrance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prevention	Yes	No	No	No
hindrance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hindrance is a hypernym of prevention; that is, hindrance is a word with a broader meaning than prevention:

Other hypernyms of prevention include hinderance, interference.

prevention (noun)	hindrance (noun)
the act of preventing	the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
	any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
	something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress