Disadvantage
Disadvantage noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
Hindrance is a synonym for disadvantage in drawback topic. In some cases you can use "Hindrance" instead a noun "Disadvantage", when it comes to topics like handicap, impediment.
Nearby Word: disadvantageous
Hindrance
Hindrance noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: made a survey of all the hindrances to wheelchair access, such as curbs and stairs
Disadvantage is a synonym for hindrance in handicap topic. You can use "Disadvantage" instead a noun "Hindrance", if it concerns topics such as impediment, drawback.
Nearby Word: hinder
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- block and disadvantage
- block and hindrance
- check and disadvantage
- check and hindrance
- hitch and disadvantage
- hitch and hindrance
- hurdle and disadvantage
- hurdle and hindrance
- difficulty and disadvantage
- difficulty and hindrance
- barrier and disadvantage
- barrier and hindrance
- obstruction and disadvantage
- obstruction and hindrance
How words are described
| physical | physical disadvantage | physical hindrance |
| real | real disadvantage | real hindrance |
| constant | constant disadvantage | constant hindrance |
| massive | massive disadvantage | massive hindrance |
| Other adjectives: extreme, great, serious, dangerous, slight, bad, main, major, additional, significant, greatest, crippling. | ||
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