Difference between Hinder and Impede

What is the difference between Hinder and Impede?

Hinder as a verb is to keep back; to delay or impede. while Impede as a verb is to get in the way of; to hinder

Hinder

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To keep back; to delay or impede. To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle. To cause harm.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The buttocks.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

Example sentence: Rights compliance helps effective outcomes, it does not hinder them. That should come as no surprise because the 'human rights' in the Human Rights Act are the rights adopted in the aftermath of the horrors of the second world war, and are designed to protect all of us from oppression.

Impede

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to get in the way of; to hinder

We hope you now know whether to use Hinder or Impede in your sentence.

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