The difference between Hinder and Thwart

When used as nouns, hinder means the buttocks, whereas thwart means a brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.

When used as verbs, hinder means to make difficult to accomplish, whereas thwart means to prevent.

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 thwart means situated or placed across something else.

Thwart is also adverb with the meaning: obliquely.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hinder and Thwart

  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. Thwart as a verb (transitive):

    To prevent; to cause to fail

    Examples:

    "The police thwarted the would-be assassin."

    "Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm."

  2. Thwart as a verb (obsolete):

    To move across or counter to; to cross.

    Examples:

    "An arrow thwarts the air."

  1. Thwart as a noun (nautical):

    A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.

    Examples:

    "A well made [[dugout canoe]] rarely needs a thwart."

  2. Thwart as a noun (nautical):

    A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

    Examples:

    "The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row."

  1. Thwart as an adjective:

    Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

  2. Thwart as an adjective (figurative):

    Perverse; crossgrained.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Thwart as an adverb:

    Obliquely; transversely; athwart.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

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