2020-11-18
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด O - obstacle & impediment
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง obstacle =’OB-stuh-kuhl’
ออกเสียง impediment = ‘im-PED-uh-muhnt’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR OBSTACLE
Obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, impediment
refer to something that interferes with or prevents action or progress. An obstacle is something, material or nonmaterial, that stands in the way of literal or figurative progress: Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement.
An obstruction is something that more or less completely blocks a passage: A blood clot is an obstruction to the circulation.
A hindrance keeps back by interfering and delaying: Interruptions are a hindrance to one's work.
An impediment interferes with proper functioning: an impediment in one's speech.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
Impediment comes from a Latin verb that meant
"to interfere with" or "to get in the way of progress",
as if by tripping up the feet of someone walking.
In English,
impediment still suggests an obstruction or obstacle along a path;
for example, a lack of adequate roads and bridges would be called an impediment to economic development.
Impediments usually get in the way of something we want.
So, we may speak of an impediment to communication, marriage, or progress-
-but something that slows the progress of aging, disease, or decay
is rarely called an impediment.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Impedimenta
Impedimenta is a word borrowed directly from Latin that
means “things that impede”
and is a synonym of appurtenances (“accessory objects”).
In English, “things that impede”
is interpreted literally to mean baggage, equipment, or supplies.
The word was also used as a synonym
for one specific legal meaning of the more common word impediment,
“a bar or hindrance (as lack of sufficient age) to a lawful marriage.”
This word connects in two playful ways withLACMA’s engraving:
first, the woman’s garment plainly was not designed for ease of movement, and
second, her bare feet remind us of the ultimate Latin root of impedimenta,
which comes from impedire
meaning “to shackle the feet” or “to entangle the feet”
and ultimately from ped- meaning “foot.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
obstacle & impediment
Each of these words refer to
something that prevents, or interferes with, progress or action.
An obstacle is anything that stands in the way of literal or figurative progress:
“Lack of money was an obstacle to this medical student.”
“A roadblock was set up as an obstacle to the fleeing criminals.”
Impediment (from Latin words meaning “to snare” or “to weigh down” one’s feet)
is something that interferes with proper functioning or acting:
“Stammering is a speech impediment. “
An impediment hinders or slows down rather than stops, obstructs, or prevents.
