The difference between Hinder and Rear

When used as nouns, hinder means the buttocks, whereas rear means the back or hindmost part.

When used as verbs, hinder means to make difficult to accomplish, whereas rear means to bring up to maturity, as offspring.

When used as adjectives, hinder means of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows, whereas rear means underdone.

Rear is also adverb with the meaning: early.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hinder and Rear

  1. Hinder as a verb (transitive):

    To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.

    Examples:

    "A drought hinders the growth of plants."

  2. Hinder as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.

  3. Hinder as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cause harm.

  1. Hinder as an adjective:

    Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.

    Examples:

    "the hinder end of a wagon"

    "the hinder parts of a horse"

  2. Hinder as an adjective:

  1. Hinder as a noun (slang, euphemistic):

    The buttocks.

  1. Rear as a verb (transitive):

    To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, said of people towards animals):

    To breed and raise.

    Examples:

    "usex The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

  3. Rear as a verb (intransitive):

    To rise up on the hind legs

    Examples:

    "usex The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

  4. Rear as a verb (intransitive, usually with "up"):

    To get angry.

  5. Rear as a verb (intransitive):

    To rise high above, tower above.

  6. Rear as a verb (transitive, literary):

    To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

    Examples:

    "Poverty reared its ugly head.'' gloss appeared, started, began to have an effect"

    "The monster slowly reared its head."

  7. Rear as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To construct by building; to set up

    Examples:

    "to rear defenses or houses"

    "to rear one government on the ruins of another."

  8. Rear as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

  9. Rear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To lift and take up.

  10. Rear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To rouse; to strip up.

  1. Rear as a verb (transitive):

    To move; stir.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, of geese):

    To carve.

    Examples:

    "Rere that goose!"

  3. Rear as a verb (regional, obsolete):

    To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

    Examples:

    "He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead. (Speculum Sacerdotale c. 15th century)"

  1. Rear as an adjective (now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    Underdone; nearly raw.

  2. Rear as an adjective (chiefly, _, US):

    Rare.

  1. Rear as an adjective:

    Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost

    Examples:

    "usex the rear'' rank of a company"

    "usex sit in the rear'' seats of a car"

  1. Rear as an adverb (British, dialect):

    early; soon

  1. Rear as a noun:

    The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.

  2. Rear as a noun (military):

    Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

  3. Rear as a noun (anatomy):

    The buttocks, a creature's bottom

  1. Rear as a verb:

    To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, vulgar, British):

    To sodomize

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