stall vs obstruction

obstruction vs stall

stall and obstruction both are nouns.

stall is a verb but obstruction is not a verb.

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

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

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

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

stall (verb)	obstruction (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 stall and obstruction

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.