assist vs hinder

assist

verb
  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

noun
  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

hinder

verb
  • To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate. 

  • To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent. 

noun
  • The buttocks. 

adj
  • Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows. 

How often have the words assist and hinder occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )