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Binding vs Cincture - What's the difference?

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Binding is a related term of cincture.


As nouns the difference between binding and cincture

is that binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together while cincture is an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing.

As verbs the difference between binding and cincture

is that binding is while cincture is to girdle, circle or surround.

As an adjective binding

is assigning something that one will be held to.

binding

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
  • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
  • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    cincture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
  • A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
  • * 1988, (Alan Hollinghurst), (The Swimming Pool Library) , Penguin Books (1988), page 161
  • In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.
  • (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
  • Verb

    (cinctur)
  • to girdle, circle or surround