Barricade vs Obstruct - What's the difference?
barricade | obstruct |
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
* Derham
(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
As verbs the difference between barricade and obstruct
is that barricade is to close or block a road etc., using a barricade while obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.As a noun barricade
is a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence.barricade
English
Noun
(en noun)- Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.