Constrain vs. Constraint
Difference Between Constrain and Constraint
Constrain➦
To keep within certain limits; confine or limit
"Legislators ... used the power of the purse to constrain the size of the military" (Julian E. Zelizer).
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Constraint➦
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
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Constrain➦
To inhibit or restrain; hold back
"She noticed her mother blushing and acting somewhat constrained in her conversation with the grandmother" (David Huddle).
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Constraint➦
The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds
soon tired of the constraint of military life.
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Constrain➦
To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige
felt constrained to object to his behavior.
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Constraint➦
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check
ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.
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Constrain➦
To produce in a forced or inhibited manner
"This smile seemed to touch something off in her ... and playfully she constrained her own roguish smile" (Naeem Murr).
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Constraint➦
Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness
"All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk" (Edith Wharton).
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Constrain➦
(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
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Constraint➦
Something that constrains; a restriction.
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Constrain➦
(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
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Constraint➦
An irresistible force or compulsion.
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Constrain➦
(transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
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Constraint➦
The repression of one's feelings.
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Constrain➦
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
He binds in chainsThe drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.
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Constraint➦
(mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
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Constrain➦
To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
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Constraint➦
(databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
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Constrain➦
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
My sire in caves constrains the winds.
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Constraint➦
The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
Long imprisonment and hard constraint.
Not by constraint, but by my choice, I came.
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Constrain➦
To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
The love of Christ constraineth us.
I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar.
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Constraint➦
the state of being physically constrained;
dogs should be kept under restraint
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Constrain➦
To violate; to ravish.
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Constraint➦
a device that retards something's motion;
the car did not have proper restraints fitted
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Constrain➦
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
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Constraint➦
the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
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Constrain➦
hold back
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Constrain➦
restrict;
Tighten the rules
stiffen the regulations
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