【Hamper】 , 【trammel】 , 【clog】 , 【fetter】 , 【shackle】 , 【manacle】 , 【hog-tie】 are comparable when meaning to hinder or impede one so that one cannot move, progress, or act freely.
To 【hamper】 is to encumber or embarrass by or as if by an impediment or restraining influence.
To 【trammel】 is more specifically to entangle or confine as if enmeshed in a net.
To 【clog】 is to 【hamper】 the movement, often the ascent, of someone or something by something extraneous, encumbering, or useless.
To 【fetter】 is to confine or restrain so that one's freedom or power to progress is lost.
To 【shackle】 and to 【manacle】 differ little in their extended use, both implying such interference with one's freedom that one feels that movement, progress, or action is impossible if the bonds are not broken.
【Hog-tie】 usually implies such restraint as effectively interferes with one's ability to move, act, or function.
