go against vs thwart

go against

verb
  • To violate; to breach; to break. 

  • To oppose; to resist 

  • To be contrary to a trend, feeling or principle. 

  • To be unfavourable to someone. 

thwart

verb
  • To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. 

noun
  • A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. 

  • An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle. 

  • A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail. 

adj
  • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse. 

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