Confined vs Constrained - What's the difference?
confined | constrained |
(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
As verbs the difference between confined and constrained
is that confined is past tense of confine while constrained is past tense of constrain.As adjectives the difference between confined and constrained
is that confined is not free to move while constrained is kept within close bounds; confined.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.
