The difference between Hinder and Stifle

When used as nouns, hinder means the buttocks, whereas stifle means a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.

When used as verbs, hinder means to make difficult to accomplish, whereas stifle means to interrupt or cut off.

Hinder is also adjective with the meaning: of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hinder and Stifle

Hinder as a verb (transitive):

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

Examples:

"A drought hinders the growth of plants."
Hinder as a verb (ambitransitive):

To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
Hinder as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To cause harm.

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"
Hinder as an adjective:

Stifle as a noun:

A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
Stifle as a noun (veterinary medicine):

A bone disease of this region.

Stifle as a verb (transitive):

To interrupt or cut off.
Stifle as a verb (transitive):

To repress, keep in or hold back.

Examples:

"The army stifled the rebellion."
Stifle as a verb (transitive):

To smother or suffocate.

Examples:

"The heat was stifling the children."
Stifle as a verb (intransitive):

To feel smothered etc.

Examples:

"The heat felt stifling."
Stifle as a verb (intransitive):

To die of suffocation.

Examples:

"Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."
Stifle as a verb (transitive):

To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.