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Limit vs. Unlimited — What's the Difference?

Limit vs. Unlimited — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Limit and Unlimited

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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.

Unlimited

Having no restrictions or controls
An unlimited travel ticket.

Limit

Limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds
Within the city limits.

Unlimited

Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite
An unlimited horizon.

Limit

Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint
The child needs to have limits put on his behavior.
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Unlimited

Without qualification or exception; absolute
Unlimited self-confidence.

Limit

The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible
A withdrawal limit of $200.
No minimum age limit.

Unlimited

Limitless or without bounds; unrestricted

Limit

(Games) The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance.

Unlimited

Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

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.

Unlimited

Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms.

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.

Unlimited

Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice.

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.

Unlimited

Having no limits in range or scope;
To start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism
The limitless reaches of outer space

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.

Unlimited

Without reservation or exception

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.

Unlimited

That cannot be entirely consumed or used up;
An inexhaustible supply of coal

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.

Limit

(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

Limit

(category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.

Limit

(poker) Fixed limit.

Limit

The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
The limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country

Limit

(obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.

Limit

(obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Limit

(obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.

Limit

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.

Limit

(cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.

Limit

A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.

Limit

(poker) Being a fixed limit game.

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.

Limit

To have a limit in a particular set.
The sequence limits on the point a.

Limit

(obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
A limiting friar

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.

Limit

The space or thing defined by limits.
The archdeacon hath divided itInto three limits very equally.

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.

Limit

A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.

Limit

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.

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.

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.

Limit

To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

Limit

The greatest possible degree of something;
What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
To the limit of his ability

Limit

Final or latest limiting point

Limit

The boundary of a specific area

Limit

As far as something can go

Limit

The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

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

Limit

Place limits on (extent or access);
Restrict the use of this parking lot
Limit the time you can spend with your friends

Limit

Restrict or confine,
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day

Limit

Decide upon or fix definitely;
Fix the variables
Specify the parameters

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