Bound vs. Limit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bound and Limit
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Bound
Walk or run with leaping strides
Shares bounded ahead in early dealing
Louis came bounding down the stairs
Limit
The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed
The 12-mile fishing limit.
The limit of my patience.
Bound
Form the boundary of; enclose
The ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other
Limit
Limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds
Within the city limits.
Bound
Past and past participle of bind
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Limit
Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint
The child needs to have limits put on his behavior.
Bound
A leaping movement towards or over something
I went up the steps in two effortless bounds
Limit
The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible
A withdrawal limit of $200.
No minimum age limit.
Bound
A territorial limit; a boundary
The ancient bounds of the forest
Limit
(Games) The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance.
Bound
Certain to be or to do or have something
There is bound to be a change of plan
Limit
A number or point L that is approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number ε, there exists a number δ such that |f(x)-L| < ε if |x-a| < δ.
Bound
Restricted or confined to a specified place
His job kept him city-bound
Limit
A number or point L that is approached by a sequence bn if, for every positive number ε, there exists a number N such that |bn-L| < ε if n > N. Also called limit point.
Bound
(of a book) having a specified binding
Fine leather-bound books
Limit
(Informal) One that is intolerable, remarkable, or extreme in some other way
"That's the limit!" the babysitter exclaimed after the child spilled a glass of milk.
Bound
(of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.
Limit
To confine or restrict with a limit
Let's limit the discussion to what is doable. The offer limits us to three for a dollar.
Bound
Going or ready to go towards a specified place
An express train bound for Edinburgh
The three moon-bound astronauts
Limit
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
There are several existing limits to executive power.
Two drinks is my limit tonight.
Bound
To leap forward or upward; jump; spring
The dog bounded over the gate.
Limit
(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
Bound
To move forward by leaps or springs
The deer bounded into the woods.
Limit
(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
Bound
To spring back from a surface; rebound
The basketball bounded off the backboard.
Limit
(category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
Bound
To set a limit to; confine
A high wall that bounded the prison yard.
Lives that were bounded by poverty.
Limit
(poker) Fixed limit.
Bound
To constitute the boundary or limit of
A city park that was bounded by busy streets.
Limit
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
The limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
Bound
To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.
Limit
(obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
Bound
To border on another place, state, or country.
Limit
(obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
Bound
Past tense and past participle of bind.
Limit
(obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
Bound
A leap; a jump
The deer was away in a single bound.
Limit
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
Bound
A springing back from a surface after hitting it; a bounce
Caught the ball on the bound.
Limit
(cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
Bound
Often bounds A boundary; a limit
Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.
Limit
A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
Bound
Bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines
The bounds of the kingdom.
Limit
(poker) Being a fixed limit game.
Bound
Confined by bonds; tied
Bound hostages.
Limit
(transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
We need to limit the power of the executive.
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
Bound
Being under legal or moral obligation
Bound by my promise.
Limit
To have a limit in a particular set.
The sequence limits on the point a.
Bound
Equipped with a cover or binding
Bound volumes.
Limit
(obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
A limiting friar
Bound
Predetermined; certain
We're bound to be late.
Limit
That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
As eager of the chase, the maidBeyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
Bound
Determined; resolved
Many public policy students are bound to be politicians one day.
Limit
The space or thing defined by limits.
The archdeacon hath divided itInto three limits very equally.
Bound
(Linguistics) Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.
Limit
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
The limit of your lives is out.
Bound
Constipated.
Limit
A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
Bound
Headed or intending to head in a specified direction
Commuters bound for home.
A south-bound train.
Limit
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
Bound
Simple past tense and past participle of bind
I bound the splint to my leg.
I had bound the splint with duct tape.
Limit
A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
Bound
To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
Limit
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
Bound
To be the bound of.
Limit
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Bound
(intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
The rabbit bounded down the lane.
Limit
The greatest possible degree of something;
What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
To the limit of his ability
Bound
(transitive) To cause to leap.
To bound a horse
Limit
Final or latest limiting point
Bound
To rebound; to bounce.
A rubber ball bounds on the floor
Limit
The boundary of a specific area
Bound
To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
To bound a ball on the floor
Limit
As far as something can go
Bound
(with infinitive) Obliged (to).
You are not legally bound to reply.
Limit
The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
Bound
That cannot stand alone as a free word.
Limit
The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;
There are limits on the amount you can bet
It is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight
Bound
Constrained by a quantifier.
Limit
Place limits on (extent or access);
Restrict the use of this parking lot
Limit the time you can spend with your friends
Bound
(dated) Constipated; costive.
Limit
Restrict or confine,
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Bound
Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
Limit
Decide upon or fix definitely;
Fix the variables
Specify the parameters
Bound
Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
Bound
(obsolete) Ready, prepared.
Bound
Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
Which way are you bound?
Is that message bound for me?
Bound
(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
Bound
A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
Bound
(mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
Bound
A sizeable jump, great leap.
The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
Bound
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
Bound
(dated) A bounce; a rebound.
Bound
The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds.
On earth's remotest bounds.
And mete the bounds of hate and love.
Bound
A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
A bound of graceful hardihood.
Bound
Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
Bound
Spring from one foot to the other.
Bound
To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; - said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
Where full measure only bounds excess.
Phlegethon . . .Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.
Bound
To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
Bound
To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
And the waves bound beneath me as a steedThat knows his rider.
Bound
To rebound, as an elastic ball.
Bound
To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
Bound
To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
Bound
Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
Bound
Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
Bound
Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
Bound
Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; - followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
Bound
Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
Bound
Constipated; costive.
Bound
Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; - with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.
Bound
A line determining the limits of an area
Bound
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
Bound
A light springing movement upwards or forwards
Bound
Move forward by leaps and bounds;
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?
Bound
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Bound
Place limits on (extent or access);
Restrict the use of this parking lot
Limit the time you can spend with your friends
Bound
Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Bound
Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Bound
Confined by bonds;
Bound and gagged hostages
Bound
Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form;
Bound volumes
Leather-bound volumes
Bound
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;
Bound to happen
An old house destined to be demolished
He is destined to be famous
Bound
Covered or wrapped with a bandage;
The bandaged wound on the back of his head
An injury bound in fresh gauze
Bound
Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';
Children bound for school
A flight destined for New York
Bound
Bound by an oath;
A bound official
Bound
Bound by contract
Bound
Confined in the bowels;
He is bound in the belly
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