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Confined vs Constrain - What's the difference?

confined | constrain |

As verbs the difference between confined and constrain

is that confined is past tense of confine while constrain is to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.

As an adjective confined

is not free to move.

confined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confine)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • not free to move

    • confine

    English

    Verb

    (confin)
  • To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
  • * Dryden
    • He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
  • To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
  • * Milton
    • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
  • * Dryden
    • Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Limit.

    • Synonyms

    * (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----

    constrain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
  • To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  • To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

    • Derived terms

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