Hamper vs Constrain - What's the difference?
hamper | constrain |
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as,
* a hamper of wine
* a clothes hamper
* an oyster hamper , which contains two bushels
To put into a hamper.
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
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A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
(nautical) Articles]] [[ordinary, ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
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.
In transitive terms the difference between hamper and constrain
is that hamper is to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber while constrain is to reduce a result in response to limited resources.As a noun hamper
is a large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as.hamper
English
(wikipedia hamper)Etymology 1
From (etyl) hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from (etyl) hanaper, (etyl) hanapier, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- ''Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts
Etymology 2
From (etyl) hamperen, . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- Hampered nerves.
- A lion hampered in a net.
- They hamper and entangle our souls.