Confined vs Confirmed - What's the difference?
confined | confirmed |
(confine)
not free to move
To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
* Milton
* Dryden
(confirm)
having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
As verbs the difference between confined and confirmed
is that confined is (confine) while confirmed is (confirm).As adjectives the difference between confined and confirmed
is that confined is not free to move while confirmed is having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.confined
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(head)Adjective
(-)confine
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(confin)- Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
- He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
- Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
- Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.
Synonyms
* (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----confirmed
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(head)Adjective
(head)- a confirmed liar
- a confirmed treaty
- a confirmed Catholic
