Hinder vs. Stifle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hinder and Stifle
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Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formed in 2001 by lead singer Austin Winkler, guitarist Joe "Blower" Garvey, and drummer Cody Hanson with bassist Mike Roden and guitarist Mark King, joining in 2003, solidifying the line-up. The band released four studio albums with Winkler; Extreme Behavior (2005), Take It to the Limit (2008), All American Nightmare (2010) and Welcome to the Freakshow (2012).
Stifle
To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
Hinder
Located at or forming the back or rear; posterior
An animal's hind legs.
The hinder part of a steer.
Stifle
To keep in or hold back; repress
Stifled my indignation.
Hinder
Variant of hind1.
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Stifle
To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
Hinder
To obstruct or delay the progress of
A snowfall hindered the mountain climbers.
Lack of funds that hindered research.
Stifle
The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.
Hinder
To interfere with action or progress.
Stifle
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
Hinder
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
A drought hinders the growth of plants.
Stifle
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
The heat was stifling the children.
Hinder
(ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
She hindered a man from committing suicide.
Stifle
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
Hinder
To cause harm.
Stifle
(transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
Hinder
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
The hinder end of a wagon
The hinder parts of a horse
Stifle
(transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
The army stifled the rebellion.
Hinder
The buttocks.
Stifle
(transitive) To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
Hinder
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
He was in the hinder part of the ship.
Stifle
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
Hinder
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; - often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
Them that were entering in ye hindered.
I hinder you too long.
Stifle
(intransitive) To die of suffocation.
Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday’s fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
Hinder
To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?
Stifle
To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
The heat felt stifling.
Hinder
To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written.
Stifle
(transitive) To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
Hinder
Be a hindrance or obstacle to;
She is impeding the progress of our project
Stifle
(rare) An act or state of being stifled.
Hinder
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;
His brother blocked him at every turn
Stifle
(zootomy) The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
Stifle joint
Hinder
Put at a disadvantage;
The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements
Stifle
(veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region.
Hinder
Located at or near the back of an animal;
Back (or hind) legs
The hinder part of a carcass
Stifle
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; - called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifle
To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.
Stifle
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit.
Stifle
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
Stifle
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
You shall stifle in your own report.
Stifle
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Stifle
Conceal or hide;
Smother a yawn
Muffle one's anger
Strangle a yawn
Stifle
Smother or suppress;
Stifle your curiosity
Stifle
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Stifle
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
The child suffocated under the pillow
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