What's the difference between hinder and hurdle?

Hinder


Definition:

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
  • (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The blocking action may have masked and hindered detection of the stimulatory action of barium in other systems.
  • (2) Diffusional anisotropy of water protons, induced by nonrandom, directional barriers which hinder or retard water motion, is measurable by MRI.
  • (3) The power of the landed elite is often cited as a major structural flaw in Pakistani politics – an imbalance that hinders education, social equality and good governance (there is no agricultural tax in Pakistan).
  • (4) Mapping of susceptibility is hindered by the limitations of conventional tissue typing techniques, and by strong linkage disequilibrium within this part of the genome.
  • (5) From these results, we presume that light induces a protein that hinders the interaction of gp70 in HM1 cells with its receptor on the NC4 cell surface and thereby inhibits the sexual process between these strains.
  • (6) This in vivo incorporation of tungsten was competitively hindered by molybdenum.
  • (7) If a prisoner is in the process of taking a programme this can hinder or even curtail their progress – many prisons don't offer certain programmes so if you are moved to a prison without a particular course you are back to square one when it comes to the crucial Parole Board assessment.
  • (8) From the outset the former Leicester University economics professor has made no secret of the fact this his “dysfunctional relationship” with Anastasiades and other central Bank board members had hindered his role in the post.
  • (9) The inhibition of Na+K+ ATPase and Mg2+ ATPase activity which may affect the release and uptake of biogenic amines in CNS, hinders the maturation of human fetal brain.
  • (10) The identification of patients usually refractory to outpatient treatment was hindered by the constant flux in the population base as illustrated by an 85% increase in the asthma registry over the succeeding 12-mo period.
  • (11) OKT4 and OKT8 monoclonal antibodies slightly hindered depolarization by CsA while OKT3, OKT11 and OKIa1 antibodies had no such effect.
  • (12) The Communist party and the liberal Yabloko party complained on Sunday of extensive election violations aimed at boosting United Russia's vote count, including party observers being hindered in their work.
  • (13) These data indicate that the basic model presented here provides a suitable vehicle for future studies into the biochemical events that may cause skeletal muscle enlargement during resistance training but, based on limited data, suggests that an increased frequency of training days may hinder muscle enlargement in this model.
  • (14) If this geometry was changed, a decrease in affinity was observed and if the ligand binding was sterically hindered, a spectral shift to a five-coordinated complex absorbing at 390 nm occurred.
  • (15) Administrative inefficiency hinders even more the appropriate utilization of resources.
  • (16) Thus, the product of natural processing of equine myoglobin probably has hindering structures in the regions flanking the core epitope 102-118 that interfere with presentation by I-Ak but not I-AS.
  • (17) Many tropical diseases cause disability and hinder the socio-economic development of the Third World countries where they rage.
  • (18) The difficulties encountered in casting titanium and its alloys have until recently hindered any widespread use of titanium in restorative dentistry.
  • (19) Warming water will make it hard for many of the reef’s corals to survive, while the acidification of the oceans will hinder the ability of remaining corals to form their skeletons.
  • (20) The 3-nitrocatechol-structure of nitecapone seems to hinder nitro-reduction, catechol-O-methylation, and sulfation reactions.

Hurdle


Definition:

  • (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
  • (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
  • (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
  • (2) The idea was to create a simple set of standards that everyone can relate to, a low hurdle that every humanitarian organisation should be able to leap over.” As organisations grow, they can aspire to use more technical standards that more established NGOs might already be working with.
  • (3) The physician who cares for adolescents has the responsibility of helping parenting teens to find needed support so that they will be able to overcome this significant hurdle.
  • (4) When I had that keyhole surgery, I thought: ‘Maybe, if I come back, it won’t be to that top level.’ But with the support I have been getting from my coach, family and friends, I think that really motivated me to come back strong.” Kenya is more famed for its distance runners and steeplechasers than its hurdlers, but the country was left celebrating a surprise gold medal in the 400m hurdles when Nicholas Bett powered home from lane nine to smash his personal best to win in 47.79sec.
  • (5) Cards pile on the runs, and here comes Hurdle to get Burnett, about three batters too late.
  • (6) However, despite repeated questions from reporters, Earnest did not rule out Obama approving fast-track without TAA if that combination somehow made it through procedural hurdles in the Senate.
  • (7) The government is thought to believe that a major hurdle in attracting participants was the fact that it was seen as a service for the lowest socioeconomic groups.
  • (8) Only a handful of opposition MPs have hurdled the obstacles to win election.
  • (9) While some predicted their team would once again choke at the final hurdle, the chancellor had faith the “system” would be fully endorsed.
  • (10) Finding the funds to invest in durable and improved sanitation remains a major hurdle.
  • (11) Her celebrated experiment with a pseudonym as a demonstration of the hurdles facing unknown writers being just one example.
  • (12) I just thought it was a little beyond me this year.” On those hazy days in London Ennis-Hill had blown away the opposition with a nerveless and spectacularly quick hurdles on the opening morning of competition that left her cruising to victory.
  • (13) The great hurdle in all space missions is the cost of launch and the weight of fuel.
  • (14) However, if what happened with Indiegogo is any indication, the project will likely face more legal hurdles in the future.
  • (15) Carmarthen ham, an air-dried ham similar to serrano, which has been produced to a recipe by five generations of the same Welsh family, is likely to be the next UK food application to clear the regulatory hurdles.
  • (16) Some people believe that it just works but the reality is that the online buyer-seller relationship can falter at any one of a number of hurdles.
  • (17) Medical barriers to family planning (FP) are identified as contraindications, eligibility, process hurdles, the provider of contraception, provider bias, and regulation.
  • (18) Extinction was conducted in the runway, and subsequently the animals were tested for hurdle-jump escape from the frustrating goal box.
  • (19) Then they let me go in.” It wasn’t a straightforward process, he explains: his first go was on his own, on videotape; having negotiated that hurdle, he read for casting director Ellen Chenoweth; only then did he get to audition – twice – in front of the Coens themselves.
  • (20) The pension scheme is regarded as a hurdle to a rescue deal.