What's the difference between obstacle and stay?

Obstacle


Definition:

  • (v.) That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since the first is balked by the obstacle of deficit reduction, emphasis has turned to the second.
  • (2) If women psychiatrists are to fill some of the positions in Departments of Psychiatry, which will fall vacant over the next decade, much more attention must be paid to eliminating or diminishing the multiple obstacles for women who chose a career in academic psychiatry.
  • (3) Counselors who serve pregnant US teens face a number of obstacles in communicating adoption as a positive alternative.
  • (4) A major obstacle to the characterization of the latter two mechanisms has been the lack of suitable model systems expressing only a single nucleoside transport activity.
  • (5) These observations suggest that refractive anomalies such as anisometropia that limit high frequency spatial resolution and binocular integration can present a major obstacle to the postnatal development of binocular vision.
  • (6) The initiation of clinical trials on islet transplantation as a possible therapeutic approach for human diabetes had been blocked by 2 major obstacles.
  • (7) Venous ectasias and varices which can be encountered, associated with DVA constitute an acquired feature in relation to a venous outlet obstacle.
  • (8) Despite these obstacles, new technologies, coupled with educational efforts, should allow the computer to emerge as a crucial aid to clinicians in the decade ahead.
  • (9) Yet experience has disclosed an obstacle to understanding the relationship between cervical cancer and OC use--cervical cancer may be caused by the human papilloma virus transmitted by sexual intercourse.
  • (10) In this paper something is given of their evolution, diversity, aims and activities; and of the important role they now play in many instances, as well as some of the obstacles to collaboration, co-ordination and integration at different levels of operation--internationally, nationally and locally.
  • (11) It is no obstacle to perform pre- and postoperative radio- and chemotherapy.
  • (12) Obstacles to successful treatment include an erratic schedule, mistrust of authority, and uncooperative or aggressive behavior.
  • (13) One of the main obstacles for the introduction of PCR method to identify HIV1 proviral DNA in routine diagnostic laboratories is the use of radiolabelled oligodeoxynucleotide probes.
  • (14) Digital culture has hardly helped, adding revenge porn, trolls and stranger-shaming to the list of uncomfortable modern obstacles.
  • (15) She feared her chances of being offered a place would be diminished by a Brexit vote, and the practical considerations like a visa and funding would be more of an obstacle.
  • (16) It goes without saying that this won't be easy to achieve, and there are many obstacles to be overcome.
  • (17) Armstrong recognised no obstacle to his ambitions – not morality, not the law.
  • (18) Where foreign policy and defence are concerned, Britain’s desire to be taken very seriously is the chief obstacle to it being taken more seriously.
  • (19) The presence of calcifications within the thyroid cartilage is the major obstacle to US imaging of the larynx and is directly related to age; indeed, only 40% of subjects can be examined at the age of 70.
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Britain needs to talk about the R-word: racism It is also a wakeup call to those who recognise racism only when it is played out like a scene from Django Unchained , those who think that racism has to be some vulgar incident perpetrated only by the backward, ignorant and poorly educated, those who believe that racism has to be an act, rather than a complicated and intangible framework that sets up obstacles.

Stay


Definition:

  • (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
  • (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
  • (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
  • (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
  • (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
  • (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
  • (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
  • (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
  • (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
  • (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
  • (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
  • (v. i.) To continue in a state.
  • (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
  • (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
  • (v. i.) To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
  • (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
  • (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
  • (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
  • (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.
  • (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
  • (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
  • (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
  • (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
  • (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
  • (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Overall length of stay found in this study (14.02 days) is considerably higher than Indian optimum.
  • (2) The standard varies from modest to lavish – choose carefully and you could be staying in an antique-filled room with your host's paintings on the walls, and breakfasting on the veranda of a tropical garden.
  • (3) A total of 1,268 patients admitted to hospital wards were kept under surveillance by one observer throughout their stay in hospital.
  • (4) We are better off in.” Out campaigners have claimed that the NHS could be badly hit by a decision to stay in the EU.
  • (5) Eighty-five per cent of newly appointed judges in France are women because the men stay away.
  • (6) In this way, we tried to find out how the patients experience the treatment and stay on the Unit, what is most helpful in solving their problems and what are, in their opinion, the direct gains of hospitalization.
  • (7) "If older people do not stay informed about the changes and take action, there is a danger that they will end up paying more unnecessarily."
  • (8) In Phase 2 (two minutes after injection) all parameters return to their control values ; except CVP which stays elevated.
  • (9) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
  • (10) Read more After Monday’s launch at 7.30am (11.30pm GMT), the taikonauts will dock with the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, where they will spend about a month, testing systems and processes for space stays and refuelling, and doing scientific experiments.
  • (11) Silvio Berlusconi's government is battling to stay in the eurozone against mounting odds – not least the country's mountain of state debt, which is the largest in the single currency area.
  • (12) Approximately 16,000 people were diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in 2012 but were not given the treatment they needed to stay alive and prevent the spread of the disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
  • (13) While ITV1's Harry Hill and the final series of BBC1's Gavin and Stacey will stay put, Sky1 did manage to secure US drama House, starring Hugh Laurie, from Channel Five, paying an estimated £500,000 an episode.
  • (14) After filming, he stayed on in the Middle East for several weeks to travel.
  • (15) Patients identified sources of stress associated with their ICU stay, yet most (76%) rated their ICU experience positively.
  • (16) To be faced with not being able to stay with or even be near their baby is inconceivable."
  • (17) Long-stay psychiatric in-patients in South Glamorgan were reviewed using the MRC Needs for Care assessment.
  • (18) Make Quinn stay with B613 I think it would be difficult to bring her back to the fold at Pope and Associates (unless they’re playing the long con and her infiltration of B613 is part of the plan), but her anger would be well utilized against her former coworkers.
  • (19) The majority of them were able to perceive a connection between their worsened skin condition and the acute psychosocial constellation during their brief stay at home.
  • (20) They’re staying home,” Cruz declared in his speech.