forestall vs hinder

forestall

verb
  • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. 

  • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. 

  • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. 

  • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. 

  • To deprive (with of). 

noun
  • Something situated or placed in front. 

hinder

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

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

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

noun
  • The buttocks. 

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