[Vocabulary] To hinder&to thwart

[euncu]

As far as I look up they seem the same to me, but in the dictionary they are not mentioned as synonims. What difference(s) would be the reason that they are not synonims?

Thanks for your answers in advance.

 

[5jj]

It's the difference between 'limit/delay' and 'stop/prevent':

hinder verb - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online
thwart verb - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online

 

[emsr2d2]

Synonyms (spelling).

 

[SoothingDave]

I think of "thwart" as being a volitional thing. Someone or something sets out to thwart you.

 

[BobK]

More importantly, 'thwarting' is more final and successful. You can be [from] more [to] less* in you efforts to hinder someone or something. Until you succeed in your efforts to hinder them, you haven't thwarted them.

*I used this roundabout way of saying 'more or less' to avoid any confusion with the other meaning of 'more or less'.

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