different between obstruction vs hiatus

English

Etymology

From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?st??k.??n/

Noun

obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)

1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
2. Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally

   Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance

3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Synonyms

• block
• hindrance
• impedance
• roadblock
• stop
• See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Derived terms

• deobstruction

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin obstr?cti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.st?yk.sj??/

Noun

obstruction f (plural obstructions)

1. block (something that prevents passing)
2. obstruction

Further reading

• “obstruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

obstruction (plural obstructiones)

1. obstruction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hi?tus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hi? (“stand open, yawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha??e?t?s/
• Rhymes: -e?t?s

Noun

hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)

1. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
2. An interruption, break or pause.
3. An unexpected break from work.

   Berserk's hiatus seems like it‘s never going to end.

4. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
5. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.

   Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

6. (linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)

   Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.

Synonyms

• (gap in series): break
• (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Derived terms

• hiatus hernia

Translations

Anagrams

• hutias

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hi?tus/, [?hi?t?us?]
• Rhymes: -i?tus
• Syllabification: hi?a?tus

Noun

hiatus

1. (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
2. (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).

Declension

Synonyms

• (opening in an organ): aukko, avanne

See also

• (linguistics): vokaaliyhtymä

Anagrams

• haisut, haitsu, hitaus

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hi?tus (“opening”), from hi? (“stand open”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ja.tys/
• (proscribed) ^{(aspirated h)}

Noun

hiatus m (plural hiatus)

1. hiatus, gap

   Synonym: lacune

2. (phonetics) hiatus

Further reading

• “hiatus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• hy?tus (medieval)

Etymology

From hi? +? -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hi?a?.tus/, [hi?ä?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i?a.tus/, [i???t?us]

Noun

hi?tus m (genitive hi?t?s); fourth declension

1. A hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

• hiantia

References

• hiatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hiatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hiatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hiatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

hiatus m (plural hiatus)

1. Alternative form of hiato

Romanian

Noun

hiatus n (plural hiatusuri)

1. Alternative form of hiat